An intensive 2-day etching course, that will introduce you to some of the fundamental elements of the process and equip you with the necessary skills to begin exploring the technique within your own practice.

2 Day Weekend Courses:
→ Sat 22 - Sun 23 Feb 2025
→ Sat 12 - Sun 13 Apr 2025
→ Sat 21 - Sun 22 June 2025
→ Sat 18 - Sun 19 Oct 2025

Level: Beginner / Refresher

Tutor: Rebecca Danning

Times: Beginner: 10AM - 4PM

What to Bring: Bring lunch, a notebook and any source material you’d like to work from. Wear old clothes as you may get inky

What’s included: All materials are provided

Where: Art Hub Studios, Unit 2b, Building 28, Westminster Industrial Estate, Woolwich, SE18 5TF

Etching is a traditional printmaking process in which a line or mark is bitten into the surface of a metal plate using a mordant (acid). The technique dates back to the sixteenth century and since then has been widely developed to express a range of both gestural and controlled marks.

This 2-day etching workshop will introduce you to some of the fundamental elements of the process and equip you with the necessary skills to begin exploring the technique within your own practice.

Day one will focus on hard and soft grounds, experimenting with creating either fine, definitive lines or soft, textural marks. Day 2 covers adding varying tones through aquatints.

The studio is a low toxicity environment. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience who may need a refresher.

The course will cover:

→ Plate preparation; filing edges, degreasing, polishing, applying ground

→ Soft and hard ground etching (line and/or textural marks)

→ Tone etching with aquatint

→ Paper preparation and registration for printing

→ Safe use of oil based inks

→ Safe use of an etching press

→ Finishing your prints and signing an edition

About Rebecca Danning:

After completing her BA in Drawing at Falmouth University, Rebecca moved to London in order to study and further her printmaking skills at The Royal Drawing School.

She then became a trader at Greenwich Market where she sold her own etchings/artwork. Rebecca has over 6 years experience working with children; teaching art and fun workshops. She has previously assisted printmaker and painter Katherine Jones. Rebecca continues her own printmaking practice at Art Hub Studios, Woolwich.

Cancellations and Refunds: If you cancel 7 days or more before the course begins, we will provide a full refund minus a £10 admin fee. If you cancel less than 7 days before the start date of the course no refund will be given.

All our courses run on a minimum number of participants. If we do not reach the minimum number of participants for the course we unfortunately have to cancel. We will notify you 7 days before the start date and you will receive a full refund or we can transfer over to another date.

Participants must be over the age of 18.

Art Hub Studio members get 10% discount