Relief Engraving and Contemporary Printing
Gouge
A course by Pablo Salvaje , Illustrator and Printmaking Artist
About the video: Gouge
Overview
“Our great ally! Let's get to know her well and familiarize ourselves with her, she will be our main tool to get those reliefs we are looking for.”
In this video lesson Pablo Salvaje addresses the topic: Gouge, which is part of the Domestika online course: Relief Engraving and Contemporary Printing. Learn manual engraving and printing techniques to create one-of-a kind spaces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's start this lesson, the most relaxing in my opinion, the calmest, if you stress because we went to work with sharp tools, the surface does not brake , the gouge may go. But I have to tell you that in the workshops that I have worked, this part where we work the reliefs with the gouge, that can be dangerous, apparently, but it is the most relaxing in the process, of the techniques that we will present. There will be more fun lessons, entertaining or surprising and others that we need to stop to think about our idea. Here we are going to drive full. work the gouge on the matrix, but I wa...”
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Course summary for: Relief Engraving and Contemporary Printing
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Engraving, Fine Arts, Interior Design, Printing, Traditional illustration

Pablo Salvaje
A course by Pablo Salvaje
Pablo Salvaje is an illustrator, engraver, and printmaker born in Seville (Spain) who is currently in a stable relationship with his gouge, from which he has not separated himself for over seven years. He has used this tool to work on projects for clients such as Hyundai, Pinzat, and Desigual and has published a book, Alma Animal, which includes his wildest illustrations.
In 2015, he founded the private studio La Selva Bcn in Barcelona, a creation space where he teaches printing workshops for all audiences.
With nature as his muse, Pablo Salvaje's work aims to leave its mark, literally and figuratively, and create awareness about the planet we inhabit.
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