Akua® Printmaking

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

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

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: Lines,Textures and Shapes with Judy Just

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...more » ENCAUSTIC COLLAGRAPH COMPREHENSIVE with MONOTYPE & DRYPOINT WITH ELISE WAGNER