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        welcome to the site of INTAGLIO PRINTING STUDIO

                                           the workshop of the etching printmaking

                                           Let's enjoy making etching prints !

 

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Our studio recommends a healthier way of plate making, non-toxic printmaking.

The air in the room is odorless. Corrosive solution is ferric chloride. Aquatint uses a box that is not exposed to any pine resin. We recommend a roller pull on warmer for etching ground.

For plate cleaning, we use orange skin based cleaning agents such as Dissolvit and try to avoid the use of  solvents such as ligroin as much as possible.

On the other hand, of course, old-fashioned plate making methods are also possible.

about the lesson

English speakers are welcome

At first, we learn the techniques of intaglio printmaking, called etching and aquatint.

Etching is for making fine lines by scratching on the surface of copper plate by sharp needle.

Aquatint is for making gray tone.

And then, you can learn the other techniques whatever you want, for example, mezzotint, soft-ground and so on.

1 lesson is in small numbers, within about 3 persons.

 

You can learn how to make etching on almost a one-to-one basis.

Class

Afternoon course on the1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month

      13:30~16:30 Fully booked 

Morning course on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month 

      10:00~13:00 Fully booked

Afternoon Course on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month

      13:30~16:30 Fully booked

Morning course on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month 

      10:00-13:00   Now accepting students!​​

                           (Courses start from 2 persons)

    

Fee for a course (1 course) 6 sessions      24,000 yen

If you miss a class, you may transfer up to one class per 1 course.

(At the beginning of the first class, additional materials fee of about 3,500 yen for copper plate, needles,  are required )

materials

Three kinds of black ink are always available

(Bumpodo black, Charbonaire F66, 55985)

 

​please purchase copper plates and paper by yourself

The following items can be purchased here

Copper plate (10 x 15 cm, 9 x 12 cm, 0.8 mm thick, )

Printmaking paper Hahnemühle 5761, gampi paper,

 

 

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studio facility(we use an ordinary house as a studio)

etching press machine ( bed-plate size: 120×69cm),

aquatint box ( 120×63cm),

mezzotint plate making machine,

warmer plate( 50×100cm), and so on

printing room (3.5×2.5m), drawing room ( 4.5×3.5m)


Access

  

7 minutes by bus  from JR Kunitachi Station 

25 minutes by walk from JR Kunitachi Station 

Please contact us by e-mail.

Instructor   

Tomiyuki Sakuta   homepage:https://sakuchan22.wixsite.com/tomiyuki

Please take a free trial lesson.

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