Why did artists like Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Käthe Kollwitz, M. C. Escher, and Rembrandt feel drawn to this rich and versatile process?

Etching opens the door to endless creative possibilities. Its distinctive lines, expressive range of mark-making, and deeply tactile nature have fascinated artists for centuries.

In this one-day class, we’ll dive into the essentials of etching. Students will learn how to prepare a copper plate with a hard ground and create their own line-based image. From there, we’ll explore how to ink the plate and pull a finished print. By the end, students will leave with both the skills and confidence to continue exploring this compelling medium.

WHEN: June 14, 2026 10 AM - 2 PM

WHERE: Myrtle Press inside Verge

About the Instructors

Howard Levine has been an active printmaker for the past fifty-seven years. Howard taught printmaking and drawing for Sierra College for almost twenty-five years. At Carriage House Press, Grass Valley he had students engaged in all processes: intaglio, relief, litho and monotype for over 45 years. Howard has a M.A. from San Francisco State with an emphasis on printmaking, mainly lithography. He also is a painter, drawer and for-site artist. After dismantling his long time studio and gallery in Grass Valley, CA. he and his wife moved to Sacramento and joined Myrtle Press.

Chanel Mace is a geometric abstract artist and printmaker whose work explores the intersection of organic sensation and structured space. Rooted in repetition and form, her compositions reflect a meditative response to physical and psychological environments. Working primarily with drawing, printmaking, and mixed media paper, she preserves the artist’s hand in every mark—inviting viewers into a layered process of navigation and reflection.

Originally from Sacramento, Chanel holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied at Central Saint Martins in London. She completed a yearlong postgraduate residency at The Wrocław School of Printmaking in Poland. She then spent eight years living and working in Australia. While in Sydney, she was deeply involved in the local printmaking community, working out of The Workshop Arts Centre in Willoughby and serving as acting Secretary of the North Sydney Printmakers Association. After a decade abroad, she returned home to Sacramento, where she now works out of Myrtle Press and is a member of the California Society of Printmakers.

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Intaglio