Electro-etching handbook: A safe, non-toxic approach

Electro-etching handbook: A safe, non-toxic approach

In Electro-etching handbook -a safe, non-toxic approach, Alfonso Crujera takes us step by step through the practical application and processes involved in this new technique which is much healthier for printmakers and more environmentally friendly. An alternative to traditional intaglio methods with acids, rosin, and asphalt, electro-etching is simple and inexpensive. The wide range of techniques which it offers enables printmakers to develop their graphic skills.<br />With a preface by Friedhard Kiekeben, artist, graphic researcher and editor of Nontoxic Printmaking & Printed Art, www.nontoxicprint.com, this English edition is a revised and expanded version of the Spanish handbook, published in 2008, with new processes that enrich the practice of electrolytic etching.<br />Throughout the 206 pages of the handbook, processes, formulas and proofs are explained in step by step detail, with the help of 240 photographs, 9 data charts and a glossary of 147 entries. The manual also contains reproductions of prints by artists who have successfully exploited these new techniques.<br />Painter, sculptor, printmaker and Professor of intaglio at Luján Pérez Art School between 1999 and 2010, Alfonso Crujera has lived and worked on the island of Gran Canaria since 1968. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, and participated in other disciplines such as the field of theater, performance and video.<br />In 2001 he began electrolytic-etching at the Atelje Larsen, Helsingborg, Sweden. In 2002 he installed in his studio on the coast of San Felipe, the first electrolytic etching workshop in Spain. Since then he has given numerous courses and lectures on Electro-etching at conferences, universities and workshops in Spain and Mexico.<br />In 2008 he published the Spanish edition of the handbook on Electro-etching. Among other publications, he has written articles for the magazine Grabado y Edición and for the website Nontoxic Printmaking & Printed Art. A member of Res Artis and Trans Artists, his studio offers a residency program for artists interested in electrolytic etching technique. To date, artists from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Estonia, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Poland, Spain, South Korea, UK and USA have been trained in this technique while residents in his workshop-residence. www.crujera.com<br />