Other Products ｜Further Etching with Jenny McCabe - 2 day course - Mon 9th & Tues 10th Nov 2026

Further Etching with Jenny McCabe - 2 day courseEtching with Line and Tone with Jenny McCabe
Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th November 2026
10am - 4pm (both days)
Take your etching practice further with this intensive two-day course, designed for those who have already experienced the basics of etching and are ready to deepen their skills and creative confidence. Working on aluminium plates using less-toxic methods, we'll push beyond the fundamentals, exploring the sophisticated interplay of fine line and rich tone to build complex, expressive, and layered images.Over two days, you'll have the time and space to really get to grips with the process: experimenting more freely, refining your mark-making, and developing a more considered and personal approach to your work. Aluminium is a wonderfully responsive material, capable of real subtlety and nuance, and with two full days together we can explore its possibilities in depth.
Over the two days you will:• Develop your approach to designing for etching, working from reference photographs,observational sketches, or your own imagination, with an emphasis on building stronger and more considered compositions• Deepen your mark-making vocabulary, exploring a wider range of techniques to create fine lines, expressive texture, and nuanced tone directly into the plate• Work through multiple stages of grounding, etching, inking, wiping, and printing, building confidence and consistency across a series of plates• Experiment with layering and reworking plates to add depth and complexity to your prints• Learn alongside a small group of fellow printmakers, sharing ideas and discoveries that spark new directions in your own work
Jenny's teaching style is relaxed, supportive, and full of practical insight, creating a friendly and focused environment where you can experiment freely, ask the questions you've been saving up, and make real progress in your own creative practice.All materials are provided. Come ready to get inky, work hard, and leave with a set of finished prints you're genuinely proud of and a much deeper understanding of what etching can do.
Things to bring• Reference images, photos or sketches (A5 size is ideal); bring a few options as your ideas may evolve over the two days• Apron, as printmaking is messy• A folder or portfolio to take your work home safely; you'll be producing prints across two days so bring something sturdy• Lunch and snacks for both days• An open mind and the energy to really dig in
Tutor info Jenny McCabe is a printmaker based in Lancaster where she works from her own studio, she also teaches regularly in printrooms around the country. Jenny works mainly with intaglio printmaking methods preferring metal plate etchings and collagraph. Her work always starts with drawing and the technical challenge of turning a simple piece of metal or card into a piece of art. She breathes life into the plates with her decisive, quick, and animated mark-making. Wildlife and nature feature heavily in Jenny’s work, using messy gestural lines to capture the energy and movement of the subjects.
www.jennymccabe.co.uk
All of our workshops take place in our studio at 22 Arun Business Park, Shripney Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9SX.
Brand:HandprintedSKU:WORK-McCabe-ETC-Nov26