Tutor: Amanda Donohue

Date: Sunday 14th March 2021

Time: 10am – 4pm

Cost: $145 Non-Members | $130 current NPW Members

Enquiries: amanda@terrarossa.biz

Venue: Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, 27 Popran Road, Adamstown

In this one day workshop using zinc plates and copper sulphate participants will learn how to prepare their plates, apply a soft ground and use chine colle to add colour. By the end of the course everyone should have created a zinc plate with an image and have printed it intaglio ready for framing.

Previous experience is not required.

Etching is a rich medium where an image is scratched, drawn or painted onto a metal plate and the image etched into the plate. A range of marks can be created and, after etching, ink is applied to the plate. A print is created by placing dampened paper onto the plate and passing both through a press.

Most materials will be provided (inks, ground, tarlaton) but you will need to bring a zinc plate and some printing paper. Also bring some ideas for your print, enclosed shoes, apron, own drink and lunch.

Suitable for beginners.

Covid Safety: Due to NPW’s Covid Policy - at present these workshops are limited to 7 participants to ensure we comply with social distancing. The workshop will be sanitised prior to, during, and after the class. Please bring your own disposable gloves for hygiene purposes.

A minimum of 3 participants are required for this workshop to proceed.

About your tutor: Amanda Donohue studied printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts graduating with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours). She has been a printmaker for over twenty years, specialising in etching but also interested in lino, dry point, screen printing and collagraphs. Amanda has been a member of the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop for eight years and a committee member for seven.

Enquiries: amanda@terrarossa.biz

See more about Amanda at www.amandadonohue.org.