Print identification/recognition
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A one day course for artists and for collectors/curators of prints. This course may also be of interest to students of paper conservation and forensic scientists. The course is designed to enable the identification of the technique or techniques used to make printed images and related significance for the understanding and care of different kinds of print. The course will comprise an illustrated lecture and a practical workshop where course members will be able to examine and identify a range of historic and contemporary prints.
Course cost £50 per person to include tea and coffee and lunch in the Allendale bakery tearoom with its famous organic menu! Residential costs for those requiring B&B will be provided at special rates.
Intaglio processes
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A five-day practical course for artists who wish to understand intaglio processes and the means to determine the techniques used to print a specific work.
(Two members of staff, materials and equipment supplied).
• Mezzotint
• Line engraving: criblé and punch engraving
• Etching: hard ground and soft ground
• Drypoint
• Aquatint : colophony resin, asphaltum, salt grain, sand grain
• Paper and ink preparation
• Printing
• Steel facing
Additional processes
Date to be advised
A five-day practical course for artists who wish to understand alternative print processes. (Two members of staff, materials and equipment supplied).
• Wood engraving
• Wood cut
• Lithography
• Serigraphy
• Letterpress
These courses are limited to 10 people and offered at a residential or non residential basis. Tea/coffee and lunch is included in the price and will be provided each day at the Allendale Organic Bakery tearoom.
Non-residential – £350 per person
Residential – cost TBA
Bed and breakfast in local accommodation – view links
Day courses run 10am till 5pm (lunch break 12:30 – 1:30) on the second Saturday of each month and the five day courses run on the first 2 weeks of September. At the end of the course attendees will be provided with a bibliography for further reading.
Please note that the Print identification/recognition course and each of the subjects (Wood engraving, wood cut, lithography, serigraphy and letterpress) in the ‘additional processes’ 5 day course may be booked at other times as day courses for groups of between 5 and 10 people. The Intaglio processes 5 day course is only available as a 5 consecutive day course.
Please contact us to discuss availability.