From Plate to Petal: A Copper Etching & Flower-Making Workshop (December 6-7)

Create your own paper flower from a copper etching during this two-day workshop with the fabulous visiting artist Stephanie Berrie from Spit Bite Studios in Ludlow Kentucky.  Learn how to cut a petal shape from a copper plate, then line etch, and aquatint that plate with a design of your choosing. You will then be able to print that plate using a la poupee, a process to add multiple colors, to create unique and vibrant petal prints. The prints will then be cut, glued, and shaped into a flower of your choosing; each participant will leave this workshop with their very own flower creation. Previous intaglio experience preferred but is not necessary! Materials will be provided by the class.

 

Class Breakdown:

 

Day 1: Introductions, demo on cutting copper with a jeweler’s saw and polishing plates, demo on line etching and aquatint, possible demo on printing if time permits! Any extra time is for participants to work on their plates

 

Day 2: Demo on crafting the paper flowers: how to cut, glue, and shape them into different flower types and shapes. Majority of the day will be work time to work on plates, make flowers, etc.

Instructor: Stephanie Berrie 

(learn more about Stephanie at https://www.spitbitestudios.com/

and https://www.stephanieraeberrie.com/

Class dates: December 6 & 7

10:00 am - 5 pm with a lunch break

Cost: $260 plus tax