Viscosity Mezzotint Taster Course

1 Day Mini-Plate Making Course

Demonstration how to create a plate of intense, dense black by indenting a solid field of dots using a mezzotint rocker and work back into the copper plate by burnishing tones that reveal themselves from the dark giving a strong sense of depth, form and chiaroscuro, (light to dark contrasts).

Avery Lau, an experienced mezzotint printmaking artist, will show you the skills of burnishing as well as tricks and tips to make your prints strong and atmospheric. This is a perfect medium for reproducing dramatic light effects and contrasts in your imagery.

On top of the monotone mezzotint, you could try to add another color to the plate and create a brilliant duotone image with viscosity printing technique.

Following a detailed demonstration, you will use your own visual reference which will be developed into suitable imagery to be transferred to a pre-rocked copper plate. Working with a Master Printmaker you will explore using a range of etching tools such as burnishers and scrapers to create rich, velvety blacks, and delicate, soft mid-greys and colors in your final prints.

Students will need to prepare: a 12cm x 7.5 cm image/sketch (hand drawn or digital image printed out) that will be transferred onto their mezzotint plate.

Cost: $1500 per person

Date: Saturday May 20th

Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm 

Course size: 6 people - first come first serve basis

Address: L5-24 JCCAC, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Any questions please email info@mpcstudio.com.hk 

This course can be taught in both English and in Cantonese.

About the Instructor:

Avery Lau (Lau Hong Lam)

Lau Hong Lam studied at the Academia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2019. Lau’s practice focuses on intaglio and the classical technique of mezzotint in printmaking. He has exhibited internationally, including in South Korea and the United Kingdom. Lau has participated in various exhibitions in Hong Kong, at venues including Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hanart TZ Gallery and Hong Kong Art Centre.

Lau’s works use still life as his genre, mythology as his background; combining with classical intaglio, his works create a harmonious and tranquil atmosphere. He likes to use symbols and puns to express his interpretation and experience to the world and daily life. On his works, the general compositions convey a relax and humorous daily. Under his works, the details and depictions of objects keep the secrets out of the daily. In recent years, he concentrates on mezzotint; and makes a new attempt of combining his illustrations, design and narratives nature into his works.

Avery's works can be viewed here

Terms:

Minimum intake

Please note that we have a minimum participant intake in order to run our courses. This course has a minimum intake of 3 people to run. If there are less than 3 participants we may cancel/postpone this course, and we will issue a full refund. Participants will be notified by email if we cancel this course. Please note that refunds take approximately 2 weeks to be processed. We will issue the refund with the same payment method used by the customer.

Student cancellation

Please note we do not offer refunds to student cancellations. We are not responsible for any events/traveling issues students may have that are unrelated to the course. 

If we cancel the course for other reasons

If there is an unavoidable event/issue prohibiting the instructor or the studio to be available that requires us to cancel/postpone the lesson, we will notify students by email by 9:00 pm the day before the class. Full refunds will be issued to all students. Please note that refunds take approximately 2 weeks to be processed.