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Solarplate & Monotype Workshops with Ron Pokrasso
Ron Pokrasso travels the world to teach printmaking. If you want to immerse yourself in ink for a week, or you need to take a giant leap with your artwork, this is the way to do it. This workshop is designed to bring together the contemporary intaglio platemaking process of Solarplate with monotype and collage to create unique, mixed media images, monoprints and variable editions. Using Akua inks and modifiers you will learn a wide range of techniques possible in…
Find out more »Encaustic Collagraph – Wax, Washi and Yupo with Dorothy Cochran
Discover an approachable, non- toxic process for multiple layer printing! Using a combination of innovative printmaking materials, participants will create printmaking plates using hot wax on Yupo, a synthetic paper support. Wax is painted, stamped, textured, and scraped to produce a high and low plate surface which reveals all the subtleties of mark making in preparation for printing with soy-based Akua Inks. Dampened washi (Japanese paper) is placed on top of the inked surface and gently hand rubbed or press…
Find out more »Printmaking with Akua Inks & Catherine Kernan
In a sequenced series of prints, learn the basics of Akua soy-based inks. Starting with traditional techniques of additive, subtractive and trace monotype, move on to registration choices, approaches to color, ghost prints, the use of resists, and viscosity rolling. The emphasis is on modifying the inks and learning their unique characteristics. More experienced participants may pursue an individual direction. No toxic fumes and extended workability make it a liberating experience. All materials provided. $190
Find out more »Printmaking Workshop with Outlaw Printmakers
Bill Fick of Supergraphic Labs and Carlos Hernandez of Burning Bones Press will demonstrate block and silkscreen printing. Fick will start the session with a woodblock print, and Hernandez will take over the demo by silkscreening on top of Fick's work. Each artist will offer expertise and help participants understand each printing style. The class is limited to 40 people and will include a take-home collaborative print for each participant made during the demonstration. $10 per person Note: The parking…
Find out more »Outlaws of Print Opening Party
Celebrate the opening of Outlaws of Print with live music, cash bar, and face time with the artists. Free with museum admission. Note: The parking lot by FWMoA will be full all day due to events at the Arts United Center. Plan ahead for alternative parking.
Find out more »Mixed Media Printmaking in Florence Italy with Ron Pokrasso
This workshop focuses on mixed media printmaking. Using Akua Inks, participants of all levels will learn monotype through various methods of mixing, modifying, layering inks, using and abusing mark-making tools, and exploring the limits of paper. Instruction beginning at 9am on May 4 will include a wide range of uses for chine colle, collage, and drawing. ImagOn and Solarplate will be taught, both as means in themselves and integrated with other techniques. Photoshop will be introduced to help artists learn…
Find out more »Encaustic Collagraph Monoprinting with Elise Wagner
This two-day semi-private workshop in my Portland studio covers the various steps of the Encaustic Collagraph technique that I pioneered, more from a painter's point of view. You will learn some basic rudiments of encaustic and then we will dive in using various common tools of the medium. A comprehensive demonstration will cover applying the wax and use of various encaustic techniques that I married with collagraph as well as dry point etching, mark making, incising, embossing, and the use…
Find out more »Student Craft Institute with Israel Davis
The Student Craft Institute is a three-day studio session for approximately 70 Maine high school students from as many schools throughout the state, who work with noted artists from across the country. 2018 will mark the 35th annual Student Craft Institute. From Southern Maine to some of the most remote parts of the state and coastal communities, over 2,000 students have taken part in the Student Craft Institute since its inception. Izzy’s group will be exploring the narrative power of…
Find out more »Screen Print Transfer on Clay Workshop with Israel Davis
This one-day workshop will cover all aspects of producing screen-printed underglaze transfers to apply to clay objects. From generating imagery to exposing screens, printing with underglazes, and transfer application we will explore patterns and images on pottery forms. All materials are included for the process. Participants are encouraged to bring leather-hard ware to experiment on. Participants will leave with all the information necessary to get started in there own studio as well as some underglaze transfers to take home for…
Find out more »Visiting Artist / Screen Print on Clay Workshop with Israel Davis
Presenting visiting artist’s lecture and one-day workshop on direct screen-printing and screen-printed newsprint transfers onto clay using Speedball underglazes, tools, and materials.
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