Students will learn how to use the NEW  Akua Carborundum Gel to create quick and easy printmaking plates. This process yields a rich velvety surface which can be worked into using dark-field reductive techniques similar to a monotype or mezzotint.  Deadline to sign up for this workshop is January 19th, 2018.

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

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 coated plates in conjunction with monotype. Carborundum printmaking is a collagraph process which offers a textured surface to the plate. Since the carborundum is built up on the plate, the...more » Monoprinting with Akua Carborundum Plates; Hands-On Intaglio & Relief Workshop with Susan Rostow

Artists in attendance will receive an introduction to Akua Inks and accessories by way of a hands-on demonstration on monotype printmaking.  Attendees will have the opportunity to create their own prints using Akua Intaglio and Liquid Pigment Inks, experiencing first-hand how the unique working properties of these incredible inks lend themselves to a wide range...more » In-Store Akua Inks Demonstration

Artists in attendance will receive an introduction to Akua Inks and accessories by way of an engaging and interactive demonstration on monotype printmaking conducted by renowned printmaker, Catherine Kernan.  Attendees will have the opportunity to see first-hand how the unique working properties of these incredible inks lend themselves to a wide range of printmaking and...more » In-Store Akua Demonstration

The format of this five-week series allows time for participants to develop individual print projects. Each day of the workshop begins with a demonstration of a printmaking technique. Learn how to make transfer drawings, drypoint and carved plates that layer well with subtractive and viscosity monotype methods, followed by supported practice time with the materials....more » Tuesday Morning Monotype

Through an intensive exploration of Akua Intaglio inks and ink modifiers become familiar with the context, information, and inspiration to create richly layered monotypes and monoprints in series and variations using soy-based, water-miscible Akua Inks. This workshop will cover many approaches to monotype, both traditional and experimental, including: trace transfer, reductive and additive, and viscosity...more » Take the Plunge: Printmaking with Soy-based Inks with Catherine Kernan

Solarplate etching is an incredibly fast and versatile new way of making non-toxic prints! A light sensitized steel-backed polymer plate is exposed using a small light unit or sunlight. Artists make prints by working on the plate directly with printing inks, or an image can be created by exposing the plate through a transparent film...more » Solarplate with Monoprint: Magic with Multiples! with Barbara Mason

This workshop will introduce a variety of non-toxic intaglio techniques that substitute for the more toxic methods often associated with etching and aquatint. Collagraph, silk aquatint, carborundum aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, and photopolymer intaglio will all be covered. Working on a small scale, participants will get to explore these varied techniques to better expand their vocabulary...more » Intaglio Alternatives with Meaghan Morrow