Photoengraving with Photopolymer Etching

A course by Juan Lara Hierro , Artist

Artist. Madrid, Spain.
Joined May 2022

Explore this contemporary engraving technique and learn to transfer photos to a photosensitive plate to print on paper

98% positive reviews (56)
2,877 students
Audio: Spanish, English
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Explore this contemporary engraving technique and learn to transfer photos to a photosensitive plate to print on paper

For Juan Lara, one of the great virtues of printmaking is that the techniques are not substituted for one another, but rather, like layers, they overlap and enrich the graphic universe. Juan is an artist whose work is always full of dualities: positive-negative, original-copy, white-black.

Specialized in photoengraving and committed to experimenting with different techniques, he has been awarded prizes such as the Jesús Nuñez, the V Certamen internacional Atlante, and the VII Premio Internacional de Grabado y Vino Fundación Vivanco. In this online course, explore both digital and analogue images with one of the most interesting methods of contemporary printmaking.

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What will you learn in this online course?

15 lessons & 16 downloads

Influences
6 minutes, 0 seconds
History of photogravure
3 minutes, 28 seconds
The plot
4 minutes, 10 seconds
Sunt frames
13 minutes, 33 seconds
Inking and stamping
16 minutes, 24 seconds
  • 98% positive reviews (56)
  • 2,877 students
  • 15 lessons (2h 2m)
  • 16 additional resources (3 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish, English
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Make a photopolymer from a digital image and its artistic stamping.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone interested in both digital and analog photography and to all those who are passionate about engraving.

Requirements and materials

To take the course you need a computer with Photoshop, engraving materials, and access to a small engraving workshop, a press, and a home screen exposure unit.


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2,877 Students
56 Reviews
98% Positive ratings

Juan Lara Hierro

A course by Juan Lara Hierro

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For Juan Lara, artisanal processes become spaces for creative thought. Specialised in photoengraving, he has carried out projects for different artists and seeks to transmit his passion to all those interested in this technique that has revolutionized contemporary graphics. He currently runs the Ogami Press publishing house, a center for contemporary creation where graphic work projects are carried out for all kinds of clients, using everything from the most traditional methods of engraving to the new technologies incorporated into the world of images.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • About Me
    • Influences
  • U2

    The photogravure

    • History of photogravure
    • Photopolymer
    • Materials needed to work with photopolymers
  • U3

    Frames: the stochastic plot as a resource

    • The plot
    • Sunt frames
    • Inking and stamping
  • U4

    Gray scale

    • The image on the screen
    • Processing and stamping of the scale
    • Create an output curve
  • U5

    Project development

    • Image management in PHS
    • Plate processing
    • The artistic print 1
    • The artistic stamping 2
  • FP

    Final project

    • Photoengraving with Photopolymer Etching

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Photoengraving with Photopolymer Etching. Photography, Video, and Craft course by Juan Lara Hierro

Photoengraving with Photopolymer Etching

A course by Juan Lara Hierro
Artist. Madrid, Spain.
Joined May 2022
  • 98% positive reviews (56)
  • 2,877 students