Aluminium etching with copper sulphate is ideal for making prints in a quick and gestural way.
The marks are coarse but painterly, and as the metal is so sensitive to grease, very mutable resists can be used, such as Vaseline, lip-salve, or salami.
Over the two days we will work with monotype transfers, quickly-drawn resists and spit bite to create lively and experimental etchings, moving on to two-plate experiments and colour inking if time allows.

Flora is based in West Wales where she lives on the edge of the Preseli moors and makes etchings and lithographs. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy, and has a Fine Art MA from Aberystwyth University.

This course will best suit those who have done some etching before.
Tools and materials are provided.
This course forms a basis for those wishing to join Oxford Printmakers.