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Photogravure Master Class – Chine Collé Methods - One day workshop with Silvi Glattauer

  • The Baldessin Press & Studio 90 Shaftesbury Ave St Andrews, Victoria, 3761 Australia (map)
Masterclass

Sat 5 March 2022 | 10.00 am - 4.30pm
Max 6 participants

$295 (Includes Materials)

Chine-collé or chine collé (French: [ʃin.kɔ.le]) is a printmaking technique in which the image is transferred onto a surface that is bonded onto a heavier support in the printing process. One purpose is to allow the printmaker to print on a much more delicate surface, such as Japanese paper or linen, that pulls finer details off the plate. Another purpose is to provide a background colour behind the image that is different from the surrounding backing sheet.

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This Workshop will explore the various techniques of adding colour to your plate with a seperate thin paper – either over the full plate or in specific areas.

We will use Japanese papers as well as creating our own colours via pigmented Inkjet printing

Workshop covers:

• Digital techniques for preparing your black & white image

• Making an A4 size photogravure plate from your image

• Options for existing coloured chine collé papers (store bought)

• Inkjet printing a colour layer of your choice on to Japanese Chine Collé paper

• Registration techniques for combining your chine collé and your photopolymer plate

• Adhesive options for chine collé

• Make an A4 Photogravure plate and print.

• Perfect printing techniques (plate wiping etc) to improve your print.

This workshop is recommended for people who have completed a beginners Photogravure workshop.

‘Inklines from Bariloche' 2015 - Double plate Photogravure with Chine Colle

Silvi Glattauer is a professional practicing photographer with a particular interest in non-silver alternative processes. Specialising in the photogravure process using non-toxic photopolymer plates, she finds that the combination of traditional printmaking with photographic images gives her work an added dimension that further develops the use of photography in fine art practice. Glattauer also has a background in the adult education sector with extensive experience in co-ordinating and running workshops. Alongside running workshops at The Baldessin Press for the past 20 years, she has taught photographic fine art printmaking at RMIT and Melbourne Polytechnic in Melbourne.

You are advised to book early to avoid disappointment.

Price: $295.– including all materials

The workshop fee covers the cost of making one A4 size plate as well as editioning paper, etching plates, newsprint, proofing paper and inks.


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.