Akua® Printmaking

EXPLORING MONOTYPE CLASSES (each session is 6 weeks long) Thursdays, 9:30 – 12:30pm, ALL SKILL LEVELS Medium - Printmaking, Akua Ink, Monotype/Monoprint, Non-toxic Printmaking Supply Fee: $20 per session, cover tools, plate, inks. Basic paper will be furnished. Other papers will be discussed in the first class. Plunge into Monotype! Broaden your artistic horizons with...more » Monotype: Consider the Possibilities with Judy Just

Layers of color on a single printing plate make gorgeous monotypes and monoprints. Learn how to modify Akua Intaglio inks for a myriad of effects. Modifying the viscosities of inks leads to results unachievable any other way. Just as peanut butter will not stick to jelly, a loose ink will reject a stiff ink. This...more » Ink Interaction: Making the Most of Akua Intaglio Inks with Catherine Kernan, guest artist at Susan Rostow’s Brooklyn Studio

Esther S. White Saturday & Sunday, January 11-12, 2020, 10-5 $285 non-member, $255 members $35 materials fee Collagraph: A combination of the words “collage” and “graphic” to describe a print made from a matrix built with collage materials and methods. Collagraphs can be richly textured with a deep emboss and high contrast; they can also...more » Texture and Shape: Collagraph from Found Objects and Recycled Materials with Esther White

This two-day workshop explores creating encaustic collagraph plates from Ampersand clay boards and printing onto Japanese and Encaustiflex papers. This semi-private workshop in my Portland studio pushes past the Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking technique that I pioneered, breaking the rules some more, this time with printmaking! You will learn some basic encaustic towards mark making and...more » Encaustic Collagraph Methods: Exploring Alternate Printing Plates and Papers with Elise Wagner

Create one of a kind prints or varied editions by combining monotype with safe plate-making methods. Susan Rostow will introduce her latest innovations using Carborundum Gel coated plates in conjunction with the spontaneity of monotype. Demos will include coating and  painting the Carborundum Gel onto plates and drawing into the wet and dry surfaces.  Participants...more » Mixed Media Monoprint with Carborundum Platemaking with Susan Rostow