Joan Miró's Printmaking Workshops
- An introduction to engraving – Drypoint and etching Workshop
Giving by
- Rous Mascaró
Dates
- 2025
- March 21st and 22nd
- March 28th and 29th
- April 4th and 5th
- April 11th and 12th
Timetable
- Fridays: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Maximum no. of students
- 10
Price
- 260€
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T1/2025 An introduction to engraving
– Drypoint and etching –
"The power of lines in engraving"
given by Rous Mascaró
“The power of lines in engraving” is a workshop aimed at offering a technical insight into intaglio printing through drypoint (a method where the plate is directly incised) and etching (an indirect method).
In intaglio printing, images are created by incising lines into a matrix so that they can hold the ink that will then be transferred to the paper. With this engraving technique, the drawing coincides with the incised parts of the plate, and the blank parts of the image coincide with the areas that are not incised. This gives the lines and the hatching a strong presence. Images can be infused with strength and personality depending on the chosen matrix and method for making the incisions and drawing the lines.
OBJECTIVES
● To introduce the participants to intaglio printing and to identify the differences between direct and indirect intaglio techniques.
● To introduce the participants to drypoint and etching, together with their technical characteristics, and the graphic differences between both methods.
● To work on lines and hatching as ways of infusing images with strength and personality.
● An introduction to different kinds of matrices–acetate, zinc and copper–and what is needed to work on them.
● To work on colour as a complementary, additional feature.
● To create a small edition of prints.
PROGRAMME
● An explanation of drypoint, a direct engraving method.
● An explanation of etching, an indirect engraving method.
● An introduction to different kinds of matrices and the tools to use with each of the techniques.
● Different ways of drawing and working on lines and of achieving greys, identifying the differences between the two techniques and their outcomes.
● Biting times for copper plates.
● Cleaning and inking the plates, the printing process.
● Different ways of applying colour as an additional feature (templates, collage, and inking with a roller) and its registration during the printing process.
● Preparing the paper, registering the image, and the printing process.
● On the last day, a joint assessment will be made of the work that has been produced.
Rous Mascaró, Mallorca, 1978
Rous Mascaró holds a Higher Diploma in Plastic Art and Design, having specialized in illustration and engraving. She also trained specifically in copper plate engraving and screen printing at the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró (Palma), at Taller Torculari (Algaida) under Julio León; at CAC (Palma) under Carles G.O.D., at Mariano Durante’s workshop (Madrid) and at Taller La Madriguera owned by Paula Bonet (Barcelona). In 2023, she completed an M.A. in Printmaking, run by the CIEC Foundation (Centro Internacional de la Estampa Contemporánea) in Betanzos.
As an illustrator, she has illustrated children’s tales for Cecilia Giménez ((A)les, 2019; La màgia d’en Cotonet, 2016; and Olives per somiar, 2014), for the Balearic Forestry Network and Fundación Aproscom (Marina i el bosc, 2016), for the publisher Nova Editorial Moll (La màgia dels secrets, 2021), and for Sineu Town Council (La llegenda de Sant Marc, 2022). She also participated in the illustration of the publication Escrit a casa. Relats del confinament a Mallorca, published by the Fundació Mallorca Literària and the Consell de Mallorca’s Department for Culture, Heritage and Linguistic Policy in 2020.
As an artist, she has taken part in the following joint exhibitions: “COBRE A2, Obra Gráfica en Mallorca” at Can Gelabert Cultural Centre in 2012; “Punt d’inflexió, obra gràfica” at Coll Bardolet Cultural Foundation in 2013; “Al descobert”, ‘Miradas de Mujeres’ Festival 2014 Can Gelabert Cultural Centre. “Baila Zapata”, Còmic Nostrum Festival in 2019, held at Casal Solleric in Palma. She was also a finalist in the Jesús Núñez 18th International Printmaking Award in 2023 in La Coruña and in the Binissalem Plastic & Visual Arts Award, held at Can Gelabert Cultural Centre, in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
From 2014 to 2021, she taught at and ran Casa Inundada, a workshop in Sineu. She currently devotes her time to printmaking and design. Since 2021, she has given weekly classes in screen printing and engraving techniques as head of studio at Can Gelabert (Binissalem).
