Friday 29th, Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December 2024
9.30 am - 4.00pm
Max 6 participants
$980 inclusive of GST
(includes all materials)
available at check out
Experience the magic of sugar lift printmaking with Chris Ingham!
Students will learn how to make, ‘cook’ and apply the sugar lift solution, in addition to etching & printing their painterly graphic prints over three days.
Sugar lift is a painterly technique that gives graphic, gestural marks while working directly on the copper plate.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced printmaker, this workshop is all about inspiring creativity and encouraging experimentation.
Discover the painterly marks and gestural potential that working with sugar lift can give you!
Here's a breakdown of what you can expect:
As a group we will start the workshop by making our own sugar lift solution from scratch and at the end of the workshop - each student will take home their own jar! We will then cover various steps of this technique from painting with sugar lift to the satisfaction of airbrush aquatint, before we begin etching the plates. We will then spend some time examining various printing techniques and each participant will produce a small edition of their work.
Techniques included:
1. How to make your own sugar lift Solution
2. Preparation of copper plates for sugar lift
3. Transferring your drawing onto a copper plate
4. Various applications of sugar lift to the copper plate
5. Application of grounds (bitumen)
6. The sugar lift ‘magic moment’ - where we submerge the plate and watch the sugar lift solution dissolve/swell, leaving the image area exposed and the negative area covered in the acid resist ground.
7. Open bite etching
8. Airbrush aquatint (an acrylic based acid resist)
9. Etching the plate in the Edinburgh Etch
10. Printing a small edition!
The fee for this three-day class includes materials. Participants will work on a 20cm x 30cm copper plate and we recommend bringing along image ideas that are relevant to the size of the plate and the graphic nature of the technique.
**All workshops at Baldessin Studio use low toxic chemicals and adhere to strict OHS work practices**
Images above depict Chris Ingham preparing and working on sugar lift plates with artist Lisa Jackson-Pulver.
ABOUT CHRIS INGHAM
Printmaker and sculptor, Chris Ingham was born in Adelaide 1974. He is currently living and working in Melbourne, where he divides his time between his art practice and teaching printmaking methods and techniques. He spent 10 years working at the Australian Print Workshop as an access studio coordinator, teacher and fine art printer.
Chris has participated in numerous residencies in both Europe and North America, and along with this has exhibited his work widely and shown in many prize shows here in Australia. He is currently exhibiting with Australian Galleries. His work explores traditional mediums and methods of making art, coupled with an expressive and gestural personal mark making style, which is heavily reliant on spontaneity, humour and freshness.
Workshop Cancellations & Refunds
We understand that circumstances can change. A full workshop refund will be offered:
· if a workshop in which you are enrolled is cancelled or deferred to a date unsuitable for your attendance. This may be the case if a Covid lockdown is announced.
· upon receipt of an email indicating your intention to withdraw your enrolment when notice is provided to us at least three weeks in advance of the workshop start date.
Workshop Credit - Transfers
We are happy to transfer your enrolment to a future workshop, but this will depend on availability of studio space and three weeks notice being given to us.
