Drypoint Etching (Introductory to Advanced Level)

Drypoint Etching (Introductory to Advanced Level)
Date: September 23 – November 25, 2025 (Tuesdays, 8 weeks)
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Instructor: Onni Nordman
Fee: $150.48 plus HST (Members) | Fee: $171.55 plus HST (Non-Members)

Drypoint etching is a 600-year old method of making prints, exercised by artists like Rembrandt, Dürer and Canada’s David Milne. The Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design has the specialized roller press needed to make elegant original prints in multiple editions. The process involves direct engraving on copper, zinc, aluminum, and plexiglas plates, without the necessity of acid etching. The class takes you through preparation, drawing, inking and de-inking, paper selection, and printing multiple editions of your own original work. (Material Fees: $20-$25)

You can safely consider yourself a beginner because the learning curve involved is straightforward, challenging, and fun. (No class September 30 & November 11)

Onni Nordman is a painter from Unama’ki-Cape Breton whose home and studio are on the cliffs of South Bar. His work has been acknowledged by Creative Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts. He was named Visual Artist of 2015 by Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design. Onni’s work is unique, innovative, and decidedly contemporary. Onni also studied printmaking at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design for four years with master printers Robert Rogers and Edward Porter.

Advance registration for members begins September 2

General registration for non-members begins September 15

(How to become a member with Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design)

For more information on this program or to register, email tammy@capebretoncraft.com