Etching the Zea Mays Way

Zea Mays Printmaking has been a leader in the "non-toxic" printmaking field for over a decade.  Taught by studio founder and director Liz Chalfin, with special guest demonstrations by Anita Hunt, this workshop will cover all we have learned and perfected in that time as it relates to etching on copper.  We'll cover hardground and softground using BIG (Baldwin's Ink Ground), the wonderful new ground from Wales, airbrush aquatints, sandpaper aquatints, coffee lift (a sugar lift substitute), spit bite with ferric and more.  Participants will learn each process through demonstration and experimentation.  We'll make use of the extensive archive of prints at Zea Mays, and the decade of technical research done by our interns.  

Participants will come away from the week-long workshop with the skills to create beautiful etchings in the safest possible ways along with a notebook of handouts, sample plates and prints and an understanding of how to set up a green, sustainable etching practice.