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2010
Printmaking Workshops
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 Top: Spore
Print #5, encaustic and mushroom
spores, by Cynthia Winika, above:
Fears and Dreams trace
monoprint on handmade paper by Tatana
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| New
Directions in Monoprint |
 Roxanne
Faber Savage |
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| Monoprints
offer such surprising results.
Apart from exploring monoprint
as a “painterly process” on
a smooth surface, students will
gain a greater knowledge of making
monoprints by developing multiple
plates made from different techniques.
Artists will create five plates,
including: cardboard relief, carborundum
and plexi intaglio, silk and paper
lithograph plates. As the plates
are inked and printed, a story
or conversation of shape, color,
line, texture and narrative will
develop. Single printing and overprinting
these 5 plates in different combinations
to layer pattern and color palettes
will generate new imagery and lead
artists into taking both calculated
actions and wild risks. Ultimately,
participants will develop a new
image vocabulary. The result will
be a variant edition of monoprints
from these unique plates. Throughout
the week, Roxanne will demonstrate
techniques, work one-on-one with
artists, and offer a group critique
on the final day of class. A print
exchange will be encouraged, but
is not mandatory. |
| July
19-23 |
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$700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $40
Class Limit: 6
 This Class is full, but cancellations do occur- Please contact the Workshop to put your name on the waiting list.
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and many other great benefits!
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From the Red
Box Series, by Roxanne Faber Savage
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| From
Paper To Print |
| Gretchen
Schermerhorn |
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| Paper
is to printmaking as banana skins
are to bananas, the structure that
contains and supports the delicious
product. In this hybrid workshop
we will focus on creating customized
handmade papers for monoprint,
refief and intaglio printmaking.
We will begin with the basics of
sheet formation, using cotton rag,
flax, and abaca fibers, and the
focus will be on variation of thick
to thin and opaque to translucent
sheets. Pigmentation and the use
of additives will be covered. Then
we will move on to stencil work,
pulp printing and chine colle (collage)-all
methods that will later register
with printed matter. The second
half of the class will be spent
printing on our handmade papers.
Polyester plate lithography, relief
and screenprinting will be taught,
with an emphasis on using the papers
that were made in the first part
of the class, to create richly
layered prints. |
| July
19 - 23 |
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$700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $35
Class Limit: 6
This Class is full, but cancellations do occur- Please contact the Workshop to put your name on the waiting list.
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Genetic Drift, 2008, Screenprint and letterpress
on handmade paper
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Cross Pollination: Monoprint
and Encaustic
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| Carol
Struve Laura
Moriarty |
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Join WSW in collaboration with
R&F Handmade Paints as we work
with two of the most fluid two-dimensional
art mediums. The first two days
of this class will be held at WSW,
where we will cover basic painterly
monoprinting, stencil, and transfer
methods, emphasizing a quick and
free pace of working, and experimentation
with a wide variety of printing
papers. We will consider these
prints as “elements” – items
that we will combine, layer and
compose to create images using
hot wax at R&F Handmade Paints
on the last two days.
At R&F Handmade Paints we will
learn various ways to work with hot
wax beginning with the basics of
traditional encaustic painting, including
an introduction to equipment, materials,
and health and safety issues. Then
we will move on to emphasize experimentation
with a focus on using our printed
elements. Participants will play
with heat, discovering how it affects
surface and texture through collage
and layering with wax, using its
inherent translucency to create works
with incredible richness and depth. |
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July 26-29
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| $700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $40
Class Limit: 8
Download a PDF registration form
and register by mail, or call
(845) 658-9133 to register. Join
WSW for a members
discount on your workshop
and many other great benefits!
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Top: Buried
Landscape Unconformity, by Laura
Moriarty, encaustic on board, above: Crossover ,
monoprint, by Carol Struve
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We
Are Not Interested In You, by Tana
Kellner, charcoal and letterpress on
paper
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Motivational Intaglio
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| Shelley Thorstensen |
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This intensive workshop is designed
for printmakers who work primarily
in etching, or for artists working
in other print, painting or drawing
mediums. Using
your current work and ideas as
a catalyst, Shelley will help you
discover what aspects of your prints
are unique to you and how to successfully
explore and expand your vision.
Shelley will begin the workshop
with a series of demonstrations
and sessions to spark ways of thinking
about making etchings. Work one
on one with Shelley to look at
your current and past work, which
may include recent prints and drawings,
ideas, sketchbooks, digital images,
or slides to discuss what you would
like to accomplish.
Students may re-examine ways of
using color and printing, such
as stencils a la poupe, chine colle,
viscosity, multiple plates, relief,
collage, digital media, paper lithography,
photocopy transfer and registration
techniques. Address possible considerations
for content, scale, series, multiplicity,
format, paper choice, available
matrices,
The purpose of this class is to activate
and accelerate your individual artistic
development and generate momentum
in all of your art making practices. |
| August 2 - 6 |
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| $700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $40
Class Limit: 6
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Je ne sais
quoi,
2010, Etching, Mezzotint, Relief, by Shelley
Thorstensen
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| Screenprinting
101: The basics and beyond!
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| Kyla
Zoe Rafert |
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| This course is far more than a mere introduction to screenprinting. In it, students
will learn the screenprinting process from start to finish. Demonstrations include
screen stretching, screen coating for photo techniques, stencil making, screen
drawing to create images directly on the screen, multiple color printing, registration
techniques monoprinting, textile printing, and yes (sigh) screen cleaning. Whether
you are looking to start your own screenprinting studio, or just want to have
some fun, this course will above all be interest oriented, with a focus on enabling
each participant to realize their individual creative goals for the course.
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| August 2 - 6 |
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$700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $35
Class Limit: 6
Call
(845) 658-9133 to register.
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| Mezzotint |
| Carol
Wax |
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| Mezzotint
is a direct, non-toxic method for
engraving luminous prints with
rich tones and dramatic lighting
effects. In mezzotint, a “rocker” tool
roughens a copper plate to create
a black background on which images
are drawn using scrapers, burnishers,
and various polishing materials.
No acids are used! The medium yields
a broad range of gradations and
textures, and accommodates all
artistic styles. In this week-long
workshop, participants spend the
first two days learning the most
efficient way to rock a mezzotint
ground, proper handling and care
of engraving tools, image-making,
and printing techniques. In the
next three days, cover more advanced
techniques including: alternative
grounding methods (no rocking!);
use of different gauge rockers
and grounding patterns for textural
effects; incorporation of other
intaglio techniques with mezzotint;
use of non-intaglio materials with
mezzotint; various approaches to
chine collé and color printing.
Class format permits individual
as well as group instruction. Prior
printmaking experience is helpful
but not necessary, and participants
are encouraged to bring drawings,
plates, prints or other samples
of their work. |
| August
9-13 |
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$700
members ($750 non-members)
Lab fee $50
Class Limit: 6
Download a PDF registration form
and register by mail, or call
(845) 658-9133 to register. Join
WSW for a members
discount on your workshop
and many other great benefits!
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 Cirque
du Sew, Mezzotint, by Carol Wax
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Photogravure
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| Lothar Osterburg |
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The
first two days will be held at
the Center for Photography in Woodstock
where students will use their new
digital lab to make the films necessary
for gravure printing. While photogravure
is a continuous tone photographic
etching process, it can also
be used to translate drawings better
than any other printmaking technique.
It beautifully keeps a range
of values and the photographic
qualities and tonality range in
this process exceed those of a
regular silver print. Photogravure
prints can have an almost three
dimensional, sculptural quality,
with blacks that are richer than
silver prints, non-reflective,
and even velvety. Copper
plates will be etched in a series
of salt based ferric chloride
baths, to create a range of tonalities
from the deepest blacks to the
brightest highlights. The finished
plate will be printed on the etching
press with heavy rag paper. Students
will leave this workshop with
the tools to be able keep working
on photogravures on their own
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| Two
Sections: August 14-16 and August
18-20 |
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$400
members ($450 non-members)
Lab fee $50
Class Limit: 7
Photogravure – Section One: August 14-16
This
Class is almost full-
Please contact
the Workshop to register.
Photogravure – Section
Two: August 18-20
This Class is full, but cancellations do occur- Please contact the Workshop to put your name on the waiting list.
Dont forget to Join
WSW for a members
discount on your workshop
and many other great benefits!
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 Crossroads
Mall, 2007. Photogravure,by
Lothar Osterburg
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Moku
hanga woodblock print by Katie Baldwin