Workshops in printmaking, bookmaking, collage and more!

Printmaking Workshops

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MONOTYPE
with Susan Smereka

August 24 & 24
10 am - 4 pm

$300

This intermediate monotype workshop will provide a space and structure for artists to explore and invest in expanding their creative practice. Expect to create a minimum of 10 prints as you challenge yourself through experimentation and working in a series. You will learn how to work with multiple plates and how to effectively register them. Experimentation will include areas of ink modifiers, composition, and color. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas and concepts that they are currently working on to develop and shift them through the media and techniques (not required).

Some previous experience in printmaking is essential for this class.

Spend this fun weekend with us and leave more confident in your artistic journey. This workshop has a maximum of 4 people so there is ample time to work with the instructor.

PRINTMAKING III
FOCUS ON COLOR
with Susan Smereka

Sept. 4 - Oct. 9
Thursdays 5 to 8 pm

$325

This 6 week workshop is geared for people who took Printmaking II with us or have previous printmaking experience and want to hone their personal interests. Experimentation with ink modifiers, mark making methods and color theory will be central to this workshop. Exercises in color mixing and layering will be worked into the projects. If you have work and sketches you are encouraged to bring them. This workshop is limited to 4 participants so you are guaranteed plenty of time with the instructor. All materials are provided.

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LINOLEUM REDUCTION PRINTMAKING
with Janet Cathey

October 14 - 28
Tuesdays, 3 - 6 pm

$250

Join Janet as she instructs you through the techniques of making an edition of multi-colored original block prints. Reduction printmaking process works from the same linoleum block, so that each color is a different cut into the block. She will help you determine the succession of cutting in correlation to the colors of your image. You will be working with a 6 x 8" block, printing with an etching press, and making an edition of 6 prints.
All supplies provided. No prior printmaking experience necessary.

Janet Cathey is a printmaker, teacher and member of Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction, VT

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SMALL EDITION PRINTMAKING
with Jane Ploughman and
Susan Smereka

Wednesdays, 3pm - 6pm
May 14 - June 4

FULL

This multidisciplinary workshop combines edition printmaking with bookmaking. You will learn how to make linocuts, rubber stamps and collagraphs to illustrate a poem (yours or one of your choosing.) Printing will be done by hand-printed and via an etching press. Completed prints will be assembled into an innovative book structure called the Australian Reverse Piano Hinge binding. The workshop is open to all interested; printers, bookmakers, and those curious to experiment with text and images. You will come away with sweet edition of 4 books measuring 6 x 4 x .25".
All supplies are included.

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MOKUHANGA PRINTMAKING
with Patty Hudak

October 17, 18 & 19
Friday 7 - 8 pm (Zoom)
Sat. & Sun. 10 am - 4 pm (in person)

$325

This class will explore mokuhanga printing techniques to create a two color print.
We will explore the Japanese kento registration method to register our image.
Mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock printing) originated in China, was refined in the Edo Period in Japan, and is now experiencing a contemporary revival as a nature-based art form.

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Trained in Japan, Patty Hudak will guide participants in the immersive techniques of carving and printing, using handmade
brushes, Japanese paper, rice glue, gouache, and a handheld baren to carve and print mokuhanga prints.
We will cover the history of color in Japanese prints, and the potential of mokuhanga as a medium for contemporary printmakers.
Beginners are welcome, all materials will be supplied.

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PRINTMAKING II
with Susan Smereka

Date to be Determined

$300

We are ready to help you take the next step in your printmaking practice! Have you been in a rut, are you looking to advance a current project or are you interested in improving your printmaking skills? This workshop will strengthen your knowledge and experience with the mediums of monotype, linocut, drypoint and chine colle. Experimentation with ink modifiers, mark making methods and color theory will help hone your own ideas and projects. If you have work and sketches you are encouraged to bring them.

This workshop is geared for people who took Printmaking I with us or have previous printmaking experience. As this workshop is limited to 4 participants you are guaranteed plenty of time with the instructor. All are materials provided.

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