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Virtual World Tour 2021 Demonstration 9

Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts, USA

Duration: 70 minutes

Non-Darkroom Photo Etching with Liz Chalfin

Liz Chalfin founded Zea Mays Printmaking in 2000 with the goal of creating a community print shop with a focus on safer and sustainable printmaking practices. Research and sharing have been central to the mission of the studio since its inception. Mentoring artists and building community is at the heart of Liz’s practice and this is reflected in Zea Mays’ wide-ranging programs, including the Artist Mentorship Program, The Green Printmaking Certificate, the Zea Mays Online School, Intern Researchers, Residency Program and more.

Besides her work at Zea Mays Printmaking, Liz likes to travel the world collaborating and connecting with other printmakers who share her desire to make printmaking safer and more sustainable.

Join Liz as she demonstrates an easy, non-darkroom method of photo etching on metal plates. Beginning with a photocopy she shows us how to transfer the image to a metal plate, etch and print. This process removes the need for a darkroom and gives you an etched image that can be reworked with all of the etching methods we know and love.

Liz takes us on a tour of Zea Mays Printmaking’s 6,000 sq. ft. studio housed in a former cutlery factory building from the mid-1800s that sits on the traditional land of the Pocomtuc and Nipmuc peoples.