Dates: Mondays 6-9pm, 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, Tuesday 6-9pm 9/8, Saturdays 10am-4pm 8/15 & 8/29
Ages: 18+
Cost: $495
Registration deadline: Monday 7/20
Maximum enrollment: 10
Instructor: Grace Sippy
Dates: Mondays 6-9pm, 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, Tuesday 6-9pm 9/8, Saturdays 10am-4pm 8/15 & 8/29
Ages: 18+
Cost: $495
Registration deadline: Monday 7/20
Maximum enrollment: 10
Instructor: Grace Sippy
Print credit: Opal Juba, Jen Sheeler
Dive into the expressive possibilities of intaglio through softground and sugar lift etching, exploring texture, gesture, and layered imagery. Students will work across two copper plates using black and colored inks to create dynamic, multi-layered prints. The course covers key techniques and skills including paper preparation, multi-plate image planning, and precise registration, as well as à la poupée inking for painterly color blending and printing multiple colors at once.
Emphasizing experimentation over strict editioning, students will explore variables such as color, ink opacity, paper types, and plate sequencing to produce unique, variable prints. The class combines demonstrations, lectures, discussion, guided instruction, and studio work time. All materials are included, though students are encouraged to bring sketchbooks or reference images to support their ideas and creative development.
About the instructor: Grace Sippy is a printmaker and book artist. Her interests in print media include traditional and contemporary methods to create a complex visual language. Her most recent work focuses on loss, memory, motherhood and healing. In 2010 she earned her BFA in Printmaking with Honors, at the University of Iowa, and her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Alberta in 2014. She has taught at the University of Alberta and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. At Highpoint Center for Printmaking she has taught Samplers and Demos, Weekend Workshops, and Six-Week courses. She is currently an adjunct professor at MCAD.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration and payment may be completed through this website. You will receive an email a week prior to your class with information about the class.
Refunds are no longer available after the registration deadline.
Please call 612-278-4162 or email jo@highpointprintmaking.org if you wish to pay with cash or check, or have any questions.
DISCOUNTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
A 10% discount is available for Highpoint Members.
Full Color Print Scholarship: A limited number of full tuition scholarships are available through the Full Color Print Scholarship, which provides free classes to individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Request a scholarship for this class by clicking the button below, or call, email or visit Highpoint. See our Discounts and Scholarships page for more details.
