Toru Sugita
Sunday, April 21, 2024
10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Bring a bagged lunch)
$165 non-member/$150 member (This class is FULL)
$20 material fee paid directly to the instructor
Location: Arts Benicia Annex, 991 Tyler Street, Suite 116, Benicia
Levels: All
Age minimum: 18+
Minimum 5 | Maximum 8
Class Description: Join Toru Sugita for this one-day workshop to introduce Drypoint. Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point. Traditionally the plate was copper, but now acetate, zinc, or plexiglass, polypropylene are more commonly used. The deeper the scratch on the surface, the darker the ink will be at that point. This technique is directly applied and no chemical processes involved. In this class we will use polypropylene plate which is easy to scratch and the burr gives drypoint prints a characteristically soft, and sometimes blurry, line quality. As many masters such as Rembrandt did, drypoint is easily combined to other intaglio print techniques such as etching and engraving.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Toru Sugita, born and raised in Japan, has traveled extensively throughout Latin America and the Middle East, eventually becoming involved in the Bay Area community as an artist and an art educator. Toru received an MFA in printmaking from San Francisco State University. He illustrated the award-winning book, “Floating Lanterns and Golden Shrines.” His prints can be found in public collections including the Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts in the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco. In 2006 Toru moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where he focused on teaching and multimedia collaborative works. In 2009 he returned to the Bay Area as a faculty member at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, where he is in charge of the printmaking programs.
Instructor website: torusugita.net Instructor email: tsugita@dvc.edu