Drypoint Etching and Relief Printmaking with Kirsty White
$98.00
Date: 13 February 2027, 9.30am - 3.30pm
Kirsty discovered printmaking through her degree in spatial design at Massey University where she was tutored by Basia Smolnicki. The printing press and the many processes and techniques involved in print making opened up a world where art, design and craft collide, giving the freedom to express herself through drawing, mark making, pattern design and more.
Her work is heavily inspired by the Wellington coastline and native bush. Working between her Lyall Bay studio and Inverlochy Art School, Kirsty has been selling in galleries throughout New Zealand for the past 7 years She also exhibitsand participates in art shows including NZ Art Show and Art in the Park.
A one day workshop (5 hours with a lunch break) learning drypoint etching with the potential to add a second printing block in a relief process.
- Learning to prepare and etch on a clear acrylic plate from drawings placed behind.
- Learning to ink up an etching using mull cloth
- Printing using an etching press
- Learning to overprint with another colour or…
- Learning to ink up with multiple colours for a varied colour print
- Adding another printed layer using relief process from a natural textured plate (ie: woven basket or wood texture)
Materials supplied/included:
- A5 Acrylic sheet
- Cotton printmakers paper, enough for 4 to 5 prints each
- Mull cloth
- Etching tools (will speak further about tools)
- Photocopies of my native bush drawings if not using their own art
- Ink (to discuss further)
Requirements:
- Etching press/printing press
- Water bath
- Newsprint paper, for blotting wet paper.
- Possibly tools
Material Fee: $10 pay directly to Kirsty