Deeper Dives: Intaglio

Extend your knowledge of basic etching - perfect if you wish to grow your intaglio skills or have done our popular Intro to Print course, this two week course extends your understanding of etching and will ensure you are confident in the studio and use of all processes.

A great refresher for those who already work with etching, with an artist tutor who is an expert in this technique. Focusing on the sensitive art of soft ground etching and the sophisticated collage and layering possibilities of chine colle you then move on to the essential skill of aquatint to provide tone and texture to your etched plate.

A great extension course to current skills, it is helpful for participants to have some experience of basic etching.

Course Structure

Week One -

Demo of applying soft ground

Apply soft ground, etch and print

Further prints to incorporate chine colle

Week Two -

Looking at aquatint examples

Demo of applying aquatint in small groups

Participants plan the placement of aquatint and apply

Print plates and discuss process for future work

About the Tutor

Robyn Maclennan joined Leicester Print Workshop as part of the technician team at the end of 2021, specialising in etching and photographic techniques. She uses multiple printmaking and photography processes to explore the landscape and our connections to it. Robyn holds an MA in Fine Art and is currently undertaking a PhD at London College of Communication where she is researching how ecoGothic theory can be used to re-examine our relationship with nature and how fear has permeated our perceptions of the non-human world.

She is particularly interested in the links between the darkness found in the ecoGothic and the necessity of darkness to her photography and printmaking practice as well as how understanding the agency of both the natural world and the works she produces can grant us a better understanding of the world around us. She has exhibited across the UK with highlights including the ‘Withheld’ exhibition in London (2022), the Derby Print Open (2023) and being featured in Somewhere in Between’s 2021 zine ‘Hmmm…Photography and Printmaking'.

You can find more of Robyn’s work here: www.robynmaclennan.com