Explore the printmaking technique of drypoint etching in this workshop led by artist Richenda Court inspired by artists featured in the Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo.
Join us for a one-day workshop exploring the technique of drypoint etching to create a work inspired by our exciting summer exhibition, Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo.
Workshop Details
Led by artist Richenda Court A.R.E., the morning session will focus on generating ideas for drypoint etching and exploring 3-4 featured artworks in the exhibition for inspiration. Focused artists we will be looking at include Stanley William Hayter and Julian Trevelyan.
A demonstration will be given on how to make a drypoint etching focusing on technique and practising using the materials.
The afternoon session will be spent making the plate, inking up and printing the image onto dampened paper through an etching press.
Other Information:
- If you have them, please bring along drawing materials, sketchbooks or any ideas which may feel suitable. An apron is recommended at the printing stage.
- Beginners and more experienced artists are very welcome.
- All materials are included.
About Richenda Court:
Richenda trained in fine art and contemporary dance at Brighton University, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Morley College.
Richenda is a full-time printmaker. Her prints are inspired by fluid detailed line drawings; progressing subconscious idea’s not knowing where they may lead. This process is the foundation of her practice.
In 2021 Richenda was made an associate member of the Royal Society of Painters and Printmakers and this summer elected to the Council. Her work can be found in the Ashmolean Museum, V & A Museum and British Library. Richenda has exhibited extensively in the UK including Bankside Gallery, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries.
Richenda has taught printmaking for over twenty years and is a Printmaking Lecturer at Morley College, London. Richenda has also lead workshops at Bankside Gallery, The Lightbox Woking, Preston Manor High School, Westminster School, Hammersmith and Ochre Print Studio, Guildford.
Supported Places:
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery wants to encourage and support everyone to be creative and access their creative workshops. Thanks to the support and funding from Arts Council England, we are able to offer a limited number of partial and full bursaries to this workshop for those with limited or no financial income. For more details, please contact Ryan Watts, education@petersfieldmuseum.co.uk.
Dry Point Workshop with Richenda Court is part of our Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo events, supported using public funding by National Lottery through Arts Council England, a grant from the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund and by the Henry Moore Foundation.
