PHOTOGRAVURE

Unai San Martin

35 hour workshop
Class #3: February 7-11: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm
Class #62: August 29-September 2: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm
Tuition $525 Materials $75 Total Cost $600

Photogravure, an intaglio process developed between 1850 and 1880, was one of the first successful techniques for editioning photographic images. Its tonal and archival qualities are so superb that even after it had been supplanted by more commercially viable processes in the early 20th century, photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Curtis, and Paul Strand selected it to edition some of their most important works. Fine art presses and book publishers still use the process today. This 5-day intensive workshop covers the process from start to finish. You'll create transparent positives by hand, and, in the wet and digital darkrooms, sensitize, expose, and affix the carbon tissue to a copper plate. This plate will be rosin aquatinted and subjected to a series of ferric chloride baths before printing. Expect to work hard and finish the workshop with at least one proofed plate! Prior knowledge of printmaking and photography is very helpful. Enrollment is limited to 6 students.

Workshop Registration