This is going to be Speedball’s best NCECA yet! Boasting the most diverse and impressive line-up of demonstrators of any NCECA, we’re bound to have something that tickles your creative fancy. Learn how to get the most out of your Speedball underglazes from Theo Uliano, Kym Nicolas and Ceramics Monthly’s 2017 Emerging Artist, Renee...more » NCECA 2018 Tradeshow
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
This workshop is designed to introduce monotype, linoleum block printing, drypoint and collagraph. Each week for 30 minutes, the focus will be on the history of each medium along with demonstration. Thereafter, each participant will have the opportunity to work in the new technique and print their work. This workshop is for novice and experienced...more » Introduction to Printmaking with Meaghan Morrow
Come by to get new lesson plans on screen printing, gel printing and more all while hearing creative tips and tricks from professional printmaker and educator, Amy Nack. Don’t forget to register to win one of our amazing prizes or get your hands on one of our daily giveaways! *Show requires registration. Visit conference/show site...more » NAEA 2018 Tradeshow
Intended as a sequel to the previous weekend workshop, deepen and broaden your expectations by pushing the limits of monotype and monoprint using Akua Intaglio inks. A matrix is only the first step in exploiting opportunities for "controlled accidents" and "calculated spontaneity." Learn to place contiguous colors with viscosity rolls, interrupt one layer with another...more » Bending the Rules: Unorthodox Monotype and Monoprint
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 » Paul Klee / Transfer Drawing
The Speedball booth will be busy from the conference's start to finish, and will have some of today's most renowned printmakers demonstrating their processes. Come by to talk relief printing with Bill Fick, screen printing with Carlos Hernandez, or learn about Akua Inks' newest product innovation straight from the inventor, Susan Rostow! We'll be giveaway...more » SGCI Printmaking Conference 2018
Play and improvise in this workshop as a means to generate ideas, expand visual vocabulary and put to use accumulated printed material. Collage is an art form all on its own, but it can be a vehicle to conduct experiments too. Collage can encourage visual surprise, allowing for chance moments to loosen up any art...more » Improvisation with Monotype Collage
This two-day workshop will walk you through every step of the encaustic collagraph method that Wagner pioneered. The approach taken to printmaking in this workshop is more from a painter's point of view. Here, you will get the chance to break all the rules of encaustic; using significantly less wax and minimal fusing or layering....more » Encaustic Collagraph Monoprinting at Fountainhead Art Space with Elise Wagner
