The electro-etching courses offered by Alfonso Crujera are intended for professional or amateur printmakers, teachers, and students of art and etching.
Electro-etching is a technique that was discovered in the nineteenth century, and that only recently has been re-discovered as a non-toxic printmaking alternative. It offers one of the healthiest and most fascinating methods for etching copper, zinc, and iron plates. Among its many other advantages, the electro-etching process does not generate toxic gases, nor does it deteriorate the metal during etching. The mordant does not become exhausted by successive bites and it does not undercut the metal under the varnish. It completely eliminates the harmful spray from rosin or asphalt for aquatints.
Alfonso Crujera has taught courses and set up electro-etching units in multiple professional workshops and universities in Mexico and Spain. See more information about these workshops on this link.
The courses must be scheduled at least three months in advance. For further information please do not hesitate to send us an email.
Alfonso Crujera offers two different courses.
20 hour Introductory Workshop
Program
• History of electro-etching
• Basis of electrolysis and electro-etching
• How set up an electro-etching unit from the beginning*
• Preparing the electrolyte
• Voltage and amperage
• Electro-ething step by step
• Preparing and degreasing the plate
• Tonal effect with open bite electrotint
• Graphite intaglio ink hard ground
• BIG (Baldwin Intaglio Ground) resist.
• Safety rules
40 Hour Intensive workshop
Program
• History of electro-etching
• Basis of electrolysis and electro-etching
• How set up an electro-etching unit from the beginning*
• Preparing the electrolyte
• Voltage and amperage
• Electro-ething step by step
• Preparing and degreasing the plate
• Tonal effect with electrotint of open bite
• Graphite intaglio ink hard ground
• BIG (Baldwin Intaglio Ground) resist.
• Semi-dry electro-etching process
• Passive electro-etching process on a zinc plate without electricity
• Principles of galvanising
• Galvanised tonal effects
• Galvanised relief lines
• Mezzotint on a galvanised plate
• Galvanography or electroplating
• Safety rules
The courses must be scheduled at least three months in advance, for more info please write an email.
* You do not need any previous knowledge of electricity