KAY WATANABE | EXPERIMENTING WITH DRYPOINT PRINTMAKING
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Monday 13 – Friday 17 January 2025
This workshop provides the basics of drypoint printmaking techniques and additional techniques to enhance the beauty of drypoint. Participants will be introduced to various materials and tools to make beautiful and interesting prints.
Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking method. Images are scratched into a metal or plastic plate with a pointed tool like an etching needle. The scratches create a burr along their edges which holds ink, resulting in expressive lines in the print.
Learn how to create monochromatic drypoint prints, using plastic plates, experiment with chine-colle, a la poupee and relief roll up on a drypoint plate and how to create a plate using a paper plate and recycled materials such as a so-called tetra pack (a milk carton).
The workshop is suitable for printmakers who want to learn drypoint which can be used independently and used alongside with other printmaking and art techniques. It is also suitable for beginner printmakers who want to learn the intaglio technique which requires an etching press. All levels
This workshop provides the basics of drypoint printmaking techniques and additional techniques to enhance the beauty of drypoint. Participants will be introduced to various materials and tools to make beautiful and interesting prints.
Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking method. Images are scratched into a metal or plastic plate with a pointed tool like an etching needle. The scratches create a burr along their edges which holds ink, resulting in expressive lines in the print.
Learn how to create monochromatic drypoint prints, using plastic plates, experiment with chine-colle, a la poupee and relief roll up on a drypoint plate and how to create a plate using a paper plate and recycled materials such as a so-called tetra pack (a milk carton).
The workshop is suitable for printmakers who want to learn drypoint which can be used independently and used alongside with other printmaking and art techniques. It is also suitable for beginner printmakers who want to learn the intaglio technique which requires an etching press. All levels
KAY WATANABE Bio
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Kay Watanabe is a visual artist based in Brisbane, creating her works using media such as printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, small sculptures and artist books. She focuses on the relationship between humanity and the environment, utilising negotiations of colour, form and texture. She exhibits in Australia and Japan, and internationally.
Instagram kayw_artist
Facebook KayWatanabePrintmaker
Kay Watanabe is a visual artist based in Brisbane, creating her works using media such as printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, small sculptures and artist books. She focuses on the relationship between humanity and the environment, utilising negotiations of colour, form and texture. She exhibits in Australia and Japan, and internationally.
