Wednesdays, September 23 & 30, October 7 & 14, 10 AM-2 PM

with Liz Chalfin

This workshop series is for printmakers who want to embark on an etching project with guidance from studio director and longtime etcher Liz Chalfin.

Participants will begin with an idea, sketch or photo that they want to realize as an etching on metal (copper, zinc or aluminum). Liz will advise and guide each project with recommendations and help in mastering different etching techniques including hard and soft ground drawing, texture transfers, aquatint, hand working plates, printing strategies, multiple plate printing, chine collé and more. Over the course of 4 sessions participants will gain a deeper understanding of safer etching practices and move their project towards completion. Beginners as well as more experienced etchers are welcome.

A $25 materials fee for incidentals like grounds, inks, mordants and cleaning supplies is included in the registration cost. Cost for additional plates and paper used by each participant will be calculated at the end of the workshop.

About the Instructor

Liz Chalfin is founder and director of Zea Mays Printmaking and the studio’s resident artist. Liz has been involved in printmaking for the past 40 years. She teaches workshops at Zea Mays Printmaking, supervises the research at the studio and takes the message and methods of safer printmaking on the road to conferences, schools and studios around the world through lectures, demonstrations and workshops. Her prints and artist’s books are exhibited internationally and are in numerous public and private collections including the New York Public Library, Smith College Museum of Art, The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, The Hood Museum, The Boston Public Library, The Portland Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Art Museum, Museo Internacional de Gravura, Alijo, Portugal, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana.