Photogravure Workshop - Art Print Residence - BARCELONA

Workshop one: 7 - 11 OCT 2024 - FULLY BOOKED

Workshop two: 14 - 18 October 2024 - 2 VACANCIES LEFT

Limited places 6-8 students

Price : 1.000€

5 Day Workshop in collaboration with Art Print Residence in beautiful Barcelona

Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with photography or drawings to create Photogravure etchings. This is a low-toxic approach without the use of solvents, or acids that are traditionally needed for copper plate photogravure.

This workshop will teach you the ‘Direct to Plate’ system. We transfer the image directly on to the plate with the use of an inkjet printer. Plates are then exposed using UV light, processed with water and printed via an etching press. 

We do not use transparency films for making plates, which simplifies the process immensely. Giving you more time to make prints!

A 5 day intensive workshop that will give you an insight into the hybridization of digital techniques with the hand made print. 

Your skills will build up over the week, starting with simple plate making workflows through to the addition of color with À la poupée, chine-collé and digital color applications.  

6 - 8 participant Max
Accommodation Included

Day 1 & 2:

• Image planning for the week.

• Preparing your images in Photoshop – Black and White conversion to optimize quality of your original image to suit the photogravure print.

• Direct to Plate printing workflow – adjusting for plate contrast / calibration / printing software.

• Testing exposure times.

• Plate processing workflow.

• Proofing plates, using various ink densities to adjust print qualities.

Day 3 - 5:

• More plate making

• Preparing for printing - press preparation, registration, paper options and dampening techniques.

• Chine Colle techniques using Japanese papers for color and texture addition.

• Creating digital color layers as chine colle or directly on the etching paper.

• Registration techniques for color printing.

• Multi plate printing.

• There will be plenty of time for experimentation during the rest of the week as well as discussions on setting up your own studio for photogravure printmaking. Equipment options discussed.

Materials and plate sizes

This workshop includes

• 4 x A3 plates. Plates can be cut down to smaller sizes if desired.

• 4 x 100 x 70cm Fabriano Rosaspina 220gsm paper

• 4 x Inkjet printing for chine collee or directly onto etching paper.

Additional plates, paper, and inkjet printing can be purchased during the workshop.

This 5 day workshop is ideally suited to photographers and artists who wish to reproduce their work into hand made prints. No printmaking experience is needed however it is advisable to have some basic digital knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

You will be required to bring your own laptop with Adobe Photoshop desktop application.

Silvi will provide you with extensive online resources and notes.