Discover an exciting and innovative approach to carborundum printing with the Akua Carborundum Gel. Elements of collagraphy and screen printing join together to provide new creative possibilities. The premixed ready-to-use Carborundum Gel offers a reliable medium that yields fine, sharp details and rich, velvety areas of color. In this workshop, we will explore addition techniques...more » Carborundum Gel Printing and Mezzotype
Whether you’re a painter, sculptor, printmaker or book artist, this online workshop will teach you how to bring your artwork to life through stop motion animation. This individual project-based course is great for the beginner level animator who wants to push their artistic practice to a new dimension. An emphasis will be placed on creating...more » Monotype in Motion: Stop Motion Animation for Artists with Susan Rostow (VIRTUAL WORKSHOP)
Contact islenskgrafik@gmail.com or amanda@amandabarrow.net for more details. The event has been postponed from the original 10/10/20 date due to the pandemic. Please check back soon for more details!
Made possible by an Art Exhibition (Curatorial) Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Resilience and Uncertainty brings together the work of six (6) contemporary artists from Washington, DC and New York City whose works shows us how essential art can be in overcoming adversity and difficult times. Working in printmaking, textiles,...more » Resilience and Uncertainty Curated by Julio Valdez
March 19 + 20 / 10am to 5pm In this workshop we will cover the various ways of handling Akua Intaglio Inks to make your prints look their best. We will practice mostly monotype methods on Petg plastic plates, but bring your plates that hold intaglio or relief information to the workshop and we will...more » Akua Intaglio Ink Best Practices with Speedball Professional Artist Network Partner Joyce Silverstone
In this workshop you will learn how to make a monotype print with Akua Kolors. Explore the painterly qualities of monotype using Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio water-based inks while working with Julio Valdez. We encourage you to take inspiration on the exhibition's theme of Resilience and Uncertainty while creating your monotypes! Space is limited,...more » Non-toxic Printmaking Monotype Workshop with Julio Valdez
April 12, 19, + 26, Three Tuesdays Series / 10am to 5pm During this workshop, students will explore making monotype transfer drawings and carborundum collagraph plates. Transfer drawing is a great way to loosen up and refresh your appreciation for the marks and shapes of the natural world. We will employ these “sketches” to provide...more » Carborundum Collagraph Tuesdays with Speedball Professional Artist Network Partner Joyce Silverstone
Learn how to print from the textures of wax. Elise Wagner will guide you through her unique printmaking method she innovated which brings together techniques characteristic to encaustic painting with that of collagraph printmaking. A collagraph is a collaged printing plate where typically various fabrics, organic material, string, or flat objects are inked and printed...more » Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking: Merging of Mediums with Elise Wagner
May 6 - 8 / 10am to 3pm Traditionally, monotypes are printed from a smooth substrate, with no repeatable marks on the plate. During this workshop, we will explore using monotype methods to approach printing a plate with repeatable elements. Teaching will highlight how to make and print a drypoint plate with time to practice...more » Drypoint and Color with Speedball Professional Artist Network Partner Joyce Silverstone
