For both beginners and experienced, this course focuses on traditional methods of working copper plates, including etching, aquatint, soft-ground and also engraving techniques such as drypoint, and roulette. Printing techniques will be demonstrated, including color printing, and the registration of multiple plates.
Frederick Mershimer focuses the class on the traditional methods and steers artists to processes that fit their visual sensibilities. His mezzotint prints are in the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, and many others.
Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and the use of soft and hard grounds will be demonstrated. Intaglio techniques include a number of rich and varied processes. When time permits, more in-depth plate work will allow the combination of techniques on a single plate, as well as multiple-color printing.
Vijay Kumar covers the traditional as well as contemporary
methods of non-toxic photo etching, viscosity, toner, and Xerox transfer. His work is included in the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.
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