Zea Mays Printmaking

Saturday, October 10, 9 AM-4 PM US Eastern Time with Amaryllis Siniossoglou Learn the many possibilities of monotype by focusing on the two fundamental approaches: additive and subtractive. This one-day online workshop will give you practice in each method, as well as combining the two and creating painterly layers in your prints. Abstract and/or representational interpretations will be addressed through line, shape and texture. Emphasis will be given to composition, print format, movement, and

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Saturday-Sunday, October 10-11, 10 AM-5 PM with Jenny Gover Explore the many screenprinting techniques that don’t require a darkroom! This two-day workshop will begin by introducing a new coffee lift process to create easy painterly stencils. We will also spend time working with stencils made of cut paper and tape, as well as watercolor monotypes ­­– all techniques that can easily be done from home. We will be printing primarily on paper and using layering to create depth and complex colors. The

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Friday-Sunday, October 30-November 1, 10 AM-5 PM with Annie Bissett Mokuhanga (literally “wood print”) is a term for the ancient Japanese technique of watercolor woodblock printing—an environmentally friendly low-tech process that can be done at home and that combines well with other media. The workshop moves systematically through every step of the process: transferring images to wooden blocks, carving with Japanese tools, and printing with brushes and a baren using the Kento registration syste

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Tuesdays, November 3, 10 & 17 and December 1, 10 AM-5 PM with Julie Lapping Rivera In this four week workshop, we will explore a variety of basic techniques to enhance and expand your woodcut practice. Each week we will focus on different aspects and approaches to woodcut, with an emphasis on both experimentation and skill building: Week 1: Exploring carving, inking, printing and color Week 2: Color reduction Week 3: Multiple block prints Week 4: Stencils, masks, selective inking, simple chine c

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Friday-Sunday, November 6-8, 10 AM-5 PM with Catherine Kernan Join us for this three-day intensive workshop on viscosity, with guest instructor Catherine Kernan! Modifying the viscosities of inks then exploiting their interactions yields results that cannot be achieved any other way. Rather than layering each color on a separate plate, inks of varying viscosities that either attract or repel each other are layered on one plate. This allows the development of multi-color prints from a single run

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Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8, 10 AM-2 PM U.S. Eastern Time with Amaryllis Siniossoglou Learn to navigate the world of color with confidence! This workshop is designed to provide tips on how to constitute color schemes for one, two and three color blocks/plates. Starting with color charts, you will learn to modify inks with attention to value, intensity, temperature and transparency. Then, you will learn to select, layer and adjust colors to better suit your overall print concept and printmaking

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Saturdays, December 5 (9 AM-4 PM) & December 12 (10 AM-2 PM), U.S. Eastern Time with Amaryllis Siniossoglou Create a hand-bound journal from your own prints! This two-session workshop, with a week in between each session, will lead you through the process start to finish, from creating soft block relief prints to designing and binding your journal. The first session will be dedicated to soft block relief printmaking with a focus on preparing a drawing, transfer to the block, translate the drawin

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