Adventures in Intaglio: etching and more
Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT
We will create our own intaglio printing plates and print them on paper.
We will explore zinc etching, dry point, and various techniques for plate-making, then we will learn proper wiping and printing techniques. This is for any level of printmaker, from novice to advanced.
Learn to make hand made printing plates and print on paper using ASLD’s presses and facilities. Get instruction in all things intaglio: collograph, solar plate etching, dry point and engraving, with an emphasis on zinc etching using traditional methods.
Learning Objectives: Learn to make intaglio printing plates via acid etching, drypoint, or any number of intaglio techniques. Then, learn to ink, wipe and print those plates. If the student is experienced, we can and will explore more advanced techniques and help them to grow in the discipline of printmaking.
- You’ll need:
Closed toed shoes
Apron
Rag
Gloves (nitrile or latex)
Images or ideas for imagery
Want:
Intaglio printing paper
Intaglio ink
Tarleton
Etching needle
Bring any tools you have. I’ll elaborate on supplies first day of class.
Grant Williams
Grant Russell Williams is a Denver-based artist who has been working out of Blue Silo Studios for over a decade. He graduated with a BFA in printmaking from the University of Denver in 1991. Since that time he has worked and shown across the Front Range and elsewhere. His work consists largely of etchings, but he also shown drawings, paintings, and sculptures.
"My work is really just an exploration of the world as I know it. I’m curious how a personal mythology becomes a shared mythology. Blurring the lines in art can help people ask the questions they need to ask in order to better interpret their own experience.”
He has been published in several magazines, and done book illustration work. He is currently teaching intaglio printmaking at the Art Student’s League of Denver.