A lot goes wrong while printing editions. While the top professional shops like to pretend that their work is always perfect, the reality is that the printers who work at those shops are really good at responding to problems in prints and fixing them.

In this class, work with William Demaria, a former printer at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), and learn all the trade secrets necessary to bring your editions to a professional level.

Syllabus

Length of class: 4 Weeks

Week 1: Don’t Trust Plate marks! Tear down with perfectly square edges

Week 2: What scratch? Removing inconsistencies and undesirable scratches from prints

Week 3: Perfect Bevels Without Harmful Solvents

Week 4: Archival Storage

Cost: $160 + $20 materials paid to instructor

Skill level: Intermediate

Required supplies:

Artists are encouraged to bring in their own intaglio or relief printing projects so they can learn and perfect their own artwork. Ideally editions should not be torn down before the class. If artists do not have editions ready to work on, practice prints will be provided for students to work on.

Bio

My name is William Demaria. I currently live in Baltimore Maryland and sustain myself off of selling my artwork in New York City. I do not have a woodshop with expensive power tools, and I make frames in my 2-bedroom apartment. Last year I made roughly 30 frames from scratch and saved roughly $12,000. While originally, I started to save money, I have found I can get a significantly higher quality frame than I received from a professional framer an