Akua® Printmaking

This is a workshop about variety and how to combine different printmaking techniques together to create an exciting image. Working with plexiglass and Yupo (a synthetic paper), artists will learn print processes such encaustic collagraph, drypoint, Akua  Carborundum Gel and monotype. Layering plates to print on top of one another yields great depth to the...more » Multitasking with Printmaking Materials with Dorothy Cochran

Morning Instruction and Afternoon Open Studio with Joyce Silverstone

Using monotype as a primary mark making technique these 5 day workshops focus on the use of many plates and collage elements to create richly layered compositions. Rather than trying to compose on just one surface you will learn how to think in layers where many options become available in one or more impressions. While...more » Layers & Plates with Ron Pokrasso

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 Monoprinting with Elise Wagner

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...more » Encaustic Collagraph – Wax, Washi and Yupo with Dorothy Cochran

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 Monoprinting with Elise Wagner

Monotype is simple to do and extremely rewarding to do well and with a greater level of control. You will gain an understanding of the process that has become one of the most popular printmaking activities. Using Akua water based inks you will experiment with basic techniques including ink mixing, additive/ subtractive applications, stencils/ templates,...more » Monotype With and Without a Press: A Hands on Workshop with Ron Pokrasso

This workshop combines the painterly process of monotype with chine colle/collage and drawing to create mixed media prints. An overview of the basic monotype processes will be demonstrated and then with the chine colle / collage process you will learn how to integrate old drawings, rice papers, found materials, digital images and more into your...more » Mixed Media Printmaking With and Without a Press: A Hands on Workshop with Ron Pokrasso