This six-week class welcomes both new and returning students. New participants will learn the basics of Japanese woodblock printmaking, creating colorful editions using water-based inks and traditional techniques. Returning students will expand their skills with advanced multi-block printing, key-block pasting for better registration, and paper flattening. All participants will gain hands-on experience in this non-toxic art form, leaving with the ability to create stunning prints in their own studios.
Hank Mattson & Mary Jo Asmus / River Street Flowerland Sat 2/21 1 - 4 pm / One Day $95 / Members: $75
Spend a winter afternoon in the warm atmosphere of a greenhouse bursting with inspiring vegetation, flowering and potted plants, greens, ornamental garden sculptures, and the general ongoing and curious growth in one of Kalamazoo’s outstanding greenhouses. You’ll find inspiration for drawing, painting and/or photographing at River Street Flowerland! Individual instruction will be provided. Bring materials of your choice to work with.
Patrick Kinne / Printmaking Studio (B) Tue 2/17-3/24 6:30-9 pm / 6 weeks $200 / Members: $180
Learn the basics of screen printing and develop your skills into multi-layer prints. Sessions include individualized instruction with plenty of work-time in the studio. Students can screenprint on paper or fabric to make their own prints, cards, posters or gifts. Bring drawings, photos, works-in-progress or ideas to the first class.
Develop your relief printing skills in this class for beginners to advanced printmakers. Printing carved blocks is one of the oldest, simplest, and most versatile tools for reproducing art. Students will learn the ins and outs of carving and printing linoleum and woodblocks, and benefit from our well-stocked collection of tools and equipment. Discuss your work in a community of like-minded makers. Please bring drawings or reference photos to the first class.
Charles Coates / Printmaking Studio Sat 4/4 10am-4pm / 1-day $125 / Members: $105
Students will create a cohesive series of one-of-a-kind prints by making stencils, drawing, and applying watercolors directly onto vellum plates, then print them onto Japanese and Western papers with the etching press. You'll learn how to build up layers of texture and visual interest by printing multiple plates at once, in addition to blending colors, overlapping stencils, and incorporating collage elements to achieve a range of effects.
Students with some prior knowledge or experience in Japanese woodblock printmaking will have the opportunity to grow in their skills through this class. Learn more advanced multi-block printing techniques, key-block pasting for better registration, and paper flattening to take your talents to the next level.
Patrick Kinne / Printmaking Studio Tue 4/7- 5/19 6:30-9pm / 7 weeks $245 / Members: $225
Learn the process of screenprinting and develop your skills into multi-layer prints. Sessions include individualized instruction with plenty of work-time in the studio. Students can screenprint on paper or fabric to make their own prints, cards, posters or gifts. More advanced students can explore screenprinting as a fine art medium, emphasizing multiple colors, experimental substrates, and as an element in collage. Bring drawings, photos, works-in-progress, or ideas to the first class.
Immerse yourself in a variety of projects designed to teach you the history and practice of printmaking. Students will carve a simple rubber stamp and a linoleum block, learn about intaglio methods by completing drypoint and acid-etched plates, and draw and print a simple plastic lithography plate.
Immerse yourself in a variety of projects designed to teach you the history and practice of printmaking. Students will carve a simple rubber stamp and a linoleum block, learn about intaglio methods by completing drypoint and acid-etched plates, and draw and print a simple plastic lithography plate.
Charles Coates / Printmaking Studio Mon 4/6-5/18 6:30-9pm / 7 weeks $245 / Members: $225
In this watercolor woodblock class, students will learn to create black-and-white and multi-color print editions using watercolors and traditional Japanese tools and techniques. This timeless process is perfect for making art at home; all materials are non-toxic, prints dry instantly, and cleaning up is fast and easy. Each class will have a demonstration, individual and group feedback sessions, and studio time.
Laurie Pruitt and Mary Whalen / Darkroom & Print Studio Sun 4/12-5/3 12:30-4pm / 4 weeks Prerequisite: Alternative Processes or Photoshop experience $235 / Members: $215
Using a polymer-coated plate and a digital positive, you’ll create an intaglio-etched plate for high-quality images approaching those produced using traditional copperplate gravure. This process produces a beautiful photographic gradation of tones.
Don Dombrowski / Printmaking Studio Tue 4/7-5/19 1-3:30pm / 7 weeks $245 / Members: $225
Discover your drawings coming to life as reproducible prints. Students will begin with Pronto plate printing, one of the easiest and fastest printing processes. This course will also cover the more traditional lithographic media of aluminum plates and stones. Step-by-step instructions will take you through the basics of plate preparation and press operation. Enjoy drawing and printing your own image with the potential of creating an edition of your own prints.
Further develop your printmaking skills while investigating the possibilities that printmaking processes offer. Etching, multi-color printing, registration systems, and printing of editions will be covered. Bring previous prints, work-in-progress, sketches, and ideas to the first class.
Further develop your printmaking skills while investigating the possibilities that printmaking processes offer. Etching, multi-color printing, registration systems, and printing of editions will be covered. Bring previous prints, work-in-progress, sketches, and ideas to the first class
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