Spring 2025 Photopolymer Gravure (2 Saturdays)

Photopolymer Gravure (2-Day Weekend Workshop)

Format: 2 sessions, 3 weeks apart
$320 (materials included)
Instructor: Zoe Teng
Class size: 6 participants

Schedule:

Saturday, May 3, 2025 – 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Photopolymer gravure is an intaglio printmaking process that allows artists to create archival edition prints from digital photographs, film scans, hand-drawn, or digital artworks. Characterized by rich details and a long tonal range, these prints are produced by exposing a light-sensitive plate to UV light, inking the plate, wiping it, and transferring the image onto paper using an etching press.

This workshop is ideal for those interested in intaglio printmaking and alternative photographic processes. It’s also a great opportunity for photographers and artists to create editioned prints of their work.

Participants will leave with a 5" × 7" photopolymer plate and a small edition of prints on both rag printmaking paper and Japanese paper.

Workshop Breakdown:

Session 1 (May 3): Introduction to the process and guided preparation of digital files for platemaking.

Session 2 (May 31): Hands-on printing day—participants will print their own plates and learn press setup, registration, paper selection, plate wiping, and cleanup.

Important:
Participants should have access to Photoshop and bring a laptop with Photoshop installed to the first session.

Bring at least one 5" × 7" digital image at 720 or 360 dpi from a RAW file or high-resolution scan.

No prior experience needed. All levels welcome.

About the Instructor: Zoe Teng is a visual artist from Taipei, Taiwan, working primarily in photography and printmaking. Influenced by long periods of travel, her work explores memory, place, and the idea of nomadism. Balancing transience and timelessness, narration and abstraction, her practice seeks out poetry in contradictions. A former expat in Australia, she has worked in contemporary art galleries and art-based initiatives in Sydney and the Northern Territory. Her work has been exhibited in Australia, the UK, and China.

Featured Image(s):
Zoe Teng, untitled, photopolymer gravure print on mulberry paper, 2022