One-Day Workshop: Painterly Prints – Soapground Etching
Date: November 3, 2024
Times: 10am–5pm
Instructor: Courtney Sennish
Location: Sata Rosa Jr. College Printmaking Studio, Santa Rosa, California
Open to all levels. Prior printmaking experience is not required.
This one day workshop, Painterly Prints: Soapground, will focus on creating copper plate etchings through the expressive process of soapground. The soapground process can yield a variety of painterly marks depending on how it is applied to the plate. You can paint, stamp or draw into this malleable material to manipulate how the copper plate will be etched.
Students will be guided through the basics of plate-making, etching, inking, wiping, and printing on an etching press.
In the morning, students will be guided through the basics of copper plate etching including soapground and aquatint processes while creating their own designs. Following a 1 hour lunch break, students will spend the afternoon portion of the class etching, inking and printing their images by hand on an etching press.
Materials & Preparations
Workshop fee includes the following materials:
Please note: participants are not required to purchase additional tools or materials, however bringing additional paper to print on is always a bonus.
- 6”x 9” copper plate
- Choice of cotton rag paper for printing: White 300 g/m Hahnemuhle or 300 g/m Antique White Somerset
- Use of studio expendables including acid, rosin, soapground, asphaltum, inks, whiting, tarlatan, rags, solvents, etc…
Participants should bring:
- Participants are encouraged to bring drawings & sketches.
- You may bring additional paper, drawing implements, materials they may want to inquire about.
- Bringing a packed lunch, beverage, snack, encouraged. On-site food options may be closed or limited.
About Instructor:
Courtney Sennish is a printmaker and sculptor based in the Bay Area, CA. She is inspired by architecture and the built environment. Her imagery examines found color, shape and texture. She is a trained Master Printer from Crown Point Press who received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from California College of the Arts. She co-founded Moonlight Press in 2023 located in Oakland, CA. Courtney has been showing her own work around the Bay Area, in multiple group shows. In 2016 she had a solo show at Johansson Projects, and a solo exhibition at the Monterey Museum of Art’s Currents Gallery in 2019. She is working on upcoming two-person exhibitions at Truckee Community College in Reno, NV and Nick Ryan Gallery in Boulder, CO. courtneysennish.com
Moonlight Press is a printmaking-based project space founded by Master Printers Nichol Markowitz and Courtney Sennish. Located in Oakland, CA, Moonlight Press offers a variety of publishing, project-based, and contract printmaking services specializing in copper plate etching, photogravure, woodblock, archival collage, and traditional Japanese scroll mounting techniques. With more than 25 years of combined professional experience, co-founders Nichol and Courtney blend their unique skill sets to push the boundaries of contemporary printmaking through a dedication to craftsmanship and technique, uniting contemporary ideas and experimental applications. moonlightpress.co
Registration:
Workshop Fee: $155
The workshop fees includes materials + equipment supplied by host, Santa Rosa Jr. College.
Class size is limited to 17 participants
(5 spots are reserved for Students of Santa Rosa Jr. College – at a special discount of $60)
Priority registration: opens to CSP + SRJC through September, 30, 2024.
Registration announced to the public beginning on October 1, 2024.
Cancellation has a $25 processing fee. Please, no cancellations after Oct 25.
Please: do not sign up for discounted workshop unless you are a registered student of Santa Rosa Jr. College
Questions:
Please email Kevin Harris at exhibitions@caprintmakers.org.
Waitlist
In the event of sold out class, please email Kevin Harris at exhibitions@caprintmakers.org to be placed on a waitlist and notified of additional class opportunities.
