Title: Solar Plate Photo Etching: 6 students

 

Date: Flexible: contact me at kadiesalfi@gmail.com

 

Time: 3 hours

 

Cost: $950 (includes materials)

 

Location: Little Compton, RI in my art studio

 

Level: Beginner, 14 and up

 

Description: 

 

Learn how to make a photo etching using a solar plate. We will make one 4" x 5" photo etching and hand print the image using an etching press, resulting in an edition of four 8" x 10" prints.

 

Solarplates are light-sensitized steel-backed polymer material used by artists in lieu of traditional toxic photo-etching techniques. It is a simple, safe, and fast approach to etching and relief printing that does not use grounds, acids, or solvents. It is exposed with ultraviolet (UV) light and developed with ordinary tap water.

 

Additional Details:

-Wear clothes that can get dirty.

-Two weeks before the workshop, please send me a JPEG or PDF no larger than 5MB of an image that I will convert into a film. You will use this film to expose your plate. Images should have contrast, not be too dark and can be color or black & white, but through this process, it essentially becomes a black & white image. Feel free to send a few and I can chose what will work best.

Send images to kadiesalfi@gmail.com

 

What you will learn: How to choose an image, expose a photo etching plate (solar plate), ink & wipe a plate, use an etching press and create four prints. 

 

What you will go home with: One 4" x 5" photo etching plate (solar plate) that can be used over and over again (with an etching press), four 8" x 10" prints, knowledge and a happy belly. 

 

Food: I will have food to nosh on, sparkling water and juice.

 

Instructor: Kadie Salfi
Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1972, Kadie Salfi studied Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She spent two years at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles, where she worked on printing editions of original graphics for contemporary masters such as Rauschenberg, Celmins, Serra, and Johns. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Kadie brings a wealth of knowledge and a deep passion for the creative process to her workshops.

 

Salfi has taught a wide range of printmaking and artistic techniques, including drypoint, etching, photo etching, intro to screen printing, photo screen printing, cyanotype, drawing, and more. She has shared her expertise at Cornell University and The Ink Shop in Ithaca, NY, Saint Michael's College in Vermont, San Francisco Waldorf High School, as well as from her various studios over the past twenty-five years.

 

Salfi now maintains a dedicated studio practice in Little Compton, RI, and has exhibited her work in solo shows across both coasts, including A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn), Cornell University and Corners Gallery (Ithaca, NY), Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art (San Francisco), and BCA Center (Burlington, VT). Her work has been featured in the eCORNELL Keynote Series, Of Note Magazine, City Limits, Out of Bounds Radio, The Cornell Daily Sun, Chapter89 Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Artscope.

 

Canceled bookings: will receive a full refund (minus Paypal/bank processing fees) if cancellation is notified within 8 days of the workshop date.

 

Any cancellations 3 to 7 days before the workshop date will forfeit 50% of the cost of the workshop as well as the cost of Paypal processing/refund fees.

 

2 days notice and under will forfeit the whole cost of the workshop.

 

Every effort will be made to ensure you can be accommodated at another workshop date if you are unable to attend your booked date and notify us within 8 days of the booked workshop date.