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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/intaglio
Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm
September 23 – December 9
Twelve weeks, $440
(includes twelve additional hours of workshop time per week)
BEGINNING STUDENTS must add a $35 fee for copper plate and supplies.
limited to 10 students

Instructor: Frederick Mershimer
Wednesday, 2:00-5:00 pm
September 17 – December 17
Fourteen weeks, $500
(includes additional twelve hours of workshop time per week) limited to 10 students
Instructor: Vijay Kumar


Friday, 10:30am -1:30 pm
September 19 – December 12

Twelve weeks, $440
(includes additional twelve hours of workshop time per week) limited to 10 students
Instructor: Vijay Kumar
Wednesday and Friday

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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