Akua® Printmaking

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

Have you ever felt inspired by the work of Paul Klee?  Does the soft suggestion of ground and form combined with narrative or abstract line drawings speak to you?  Learn the techniques that he used, and bring them into your studio - no presses required.  Through demonstrations and practice throughout the day, become fluent in...more » On and Off the Press with Akua Demo Artist Joyce Silverstone

Join me as I open this new and special class to just two participants in my Portland studio. I will share my very latest techniques and practices in combining print with encaustic. We will push beyond the confines of traditional print and approach it as painters. You will create “full bleed” prints on Encaustiflex  and...more » 4-Day Integration Intensive: Exploring Paper+Print+Encaustic with Elise Wagner

This workshop is designed for monotype participants who would like to delve a little deeper into mark making and color with the support of an on-going class. Play and improvise in a variety of monotype techniques with the addition of some repeatable images on incised Petg drypoint plates. The primary focus of drypoint and color...more » Tuesday Morning Monotype: Play with the Plate with Akua Demo Artist Joyce Silverstone

The class will first focus on monotype printmaking using Akua inks and water soluble crayons. Participants need not have previous experience. If you can push paint around with a brush then you can make unique one of a kind prints. Midway through the session a safer technique to make etchings will be introduced. These can...more » Monotype & Intaglio Printmaking with Anthony Kirk

If you can push paint around with a brush then you can make unique one-of-a-kind prints. The class will first focus on monotype printmaking using Akua inks and water-soluble crayons. Midway through the session, we will begin to use a non-toxic  technique to make etchings. These can be printed on their own or combined with...more » Printmaking at Railyard: Monotype and Intaglio with Anthony Kirk

In this workshop we will create repeatable drypoint plates that can be inked and rolled using color monotype methods.  To warm-up on the first day we will begin with guided mark-making experiences which will serve as the basis for making drypoint lines into plastic plates. These plates will be inked in an intaglio manner and printed...more » Drypoint and Color with Akua Demo Artist Joyce Silverstone