Easy Engraving
Even beginners can learn to create "etching-like" prints quickly and easily using tools and materials you already have at home! Explore drypoint intaglio printmaking using recycled Tetra Pak cartons as an affordable and eco-friendly plate material. We'll practice cross-hatching and incising textures using drypoint tools, corkscrews, dental tools, and exacto knives. Instead of etching ink, we'll use water soluble "Stabilo Woody" colored pencils. After "inking," prepare your plate using Q-tips to increase contrast, and pull prints using rolling pins or hand-burnishing. Emphasis on sustainable practice, mark-making, and experimental approaches to tone, pattern, and layering.
All supplies are provided, and step-by-step guidance will ensure everyone leaves with three finished plates in this two hour class. We'll have enough 300gsm 100% cotton paper for each student to make two prints from each plate in class, and you'll leave knowing how to make more prints at home. Images for tracing will be provided, but feel free to bring your own! Plates will be 2x3 inches and 4x5 inches. Print your images in reverse, especially words, as our prints will be the reverse from what we scratch into the plate.
Learn to use recycled packaging and water-based ‘ink’ to create engravings with cross hatching, stippling, and Q-tips to create depth and texture. No experience necessary!
Date and Time: Sunday, August 30th, 2026 from 1pm - 4pm
Location: Stephanie Hargrave Studio
Address: 306 S Washington St #104, Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: $75 (Includes all materials and taxes)
Instructor: Sara M. Hospador
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Policies
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Please wear clothing that you don’t mind if they get stained. Although we don’t intend for you to leave covered in paint, accidents do sometimes happen!
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All materials for all classes are included in your class price. Some classes have the ability to incorporate your own materials, sketches, and tools. Where applicable, your instructor can help you learn how to use your own tools.
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If you cannot attend class for any reason, we will offer an exchange to another class currently on our schedule or class credit up to 48 hours before the class. After that time, no refunds or exchanges are issued out of respect for our teachers who purchase and prepare supplies based on the number of attendees.
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Doors will open 15 minutes before class begins.
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We’ll be starting the class promptly, but late arrivals happen and we’ll do what we can to catch you up on what you’ve missed.
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Please do not attend if for any reason you suspect you might be sick. Please contact the instructor as soon as reasonably possible. At this time, our classes do not have a masking policy, but do feel free to wear a mask and you will be respected for your choice.
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Children under 16 are welcome only at the approval of the instructor.
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Where possible, we strive to keep art supplies out of the environment. At Craft Cats we use techniques to clean brushes and brayers to keep acrylic paint out of our groundwater.
Where to Find Us
This class is located in the maker’s space at the back of the Stephanie Hargrave Gallery. There’s no better place to make art than surrounded by art and artists in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square!
Stephanie’s gallery is on the 2nd floor (suite 104) of the Tashiro Kaplan Building, home of 25 art galleries, co-ops, art spaces, and 50 artist live/work lofts. This historic building (built in 1906 and remodeled in 2004), has preserved stucco beams and preserved storefronts, along with large bright windows to light up our workspace.
The area around the gallery has free parking on Sundays.
Sound Transit’s Link Pioneer Square station is just a few blocks away, and Metro Transit’s D line has a stop just around the corner.
Address: 306 S Washington St #104, Seattle, WA 98104