Workshop
[FULL] Alternative Mezzotint: Drypoint and Carborundum Grounding Methods
October 5-6, 2024, from 10AM – 4PM
2-day workshop, Saturday-Sunday
Class size 4-7, All Levels, but some printmaking experience is recommended
$285 Members, $335 Non-members
*all materials included
CLASS IS FULL Please email Workshop Coordinator Toni Miraldi at tmiraldi@contemprints.org to be placed on the waitlist.
Workshop Description: This workshop explores ways to create mezzotint prints that do not entail rocking grounds. Instruction focuses on carborundum and drypoint methods for grounding plates quickly, and use of tools and other materials for rendering both black and white and color images freely. Printing techniques for expanding tonal ranges and enhancing imagery are also covered. Although no acid will be used, participants are welcome to bring etched plates that can be reworked using these approaches to mezzotint.
Key Terms:
Mezzotint is an intaglio process that entails texturing a copper plate to make it print black, then incrementally erasing the texture with scrapers and/or burnishers to create images with rich tones and dramatic lighting effects.
Workshop Location: Upstairs Studio – No Elevator
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Questions? Please email Workshop Coordinator Toni Miraldi at tmiraldi@contemprints.org
Instructor Bio: Carol Wax is a painter and engraver who is known for her mezzotints. Among museums that own her prints are The Philadelphia, Smithsonian Institutes, and Metropolitan Museums of Art, and the Boston and New York Public Libraries. Awards include two New York Foundation for the Arts Grants, an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support grant, The Louise Nevelson Award for Excellence in Printmaking from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and residencies at The MacDowell Colony and Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation. The newly revised Second Edition of her book, “The Mezzotint: History and Technique,” has just been published by Schiffer Books.
Learn more about Carol Wax on her website, www.carolwax.com or on Instagram @carolwaxartist
Image: Carol Wax, composite image including Foggy Night, 2019. carborundum mezzotint with burin engraving