In this workshop, participants will create textured printing plates using various materials, then ink and print them to produce rich, layered images. 

Reduction relief printing is a method to achieve a multicolor print using one block. Participants will create an image by drawing using two to three different colors. Using their drawing as a guide, they will alternate between printing a color and carving to show the layer beneath.  

Participants will learn how to make unique blue cyanotype prints, from preparing the paper to exposing in light, then developing the image in water. This technique involves dried florals, fabrics, and other found objects to create a design.

Participants will use water soluble materials to paint directly on a screen, then apply a transparent base to create unique monotypes.

In this workshop, participants will carve a design on an easy-to-cut block. Participants color each area between the carved lines with ink, and transfer their design to paper using a baren.

For this class, students will create a drawing on frosted Dura-lar with paint markers (positives). Screens are pre-coated with a photosensitive emulsion, and the positives are used to expose an image on the screen. The unexposed emulsion is washed out, leaving the image on the screen. This is the most common form of screenprint, as similar methods are used for commercial screenprinting.

Curious about how Mezzotints are made? What even IS a Mezzotint?! This demonstration by printmaker Douglas Bosley will dive deep into the labor-intensive process of creating dynamic, high-contrast prints.

This Valentine’s Day, give a gift that’s as unique as your love! In this romantic and hands-on workshop, you’ll create a one-of-a-kind portrait print of your partner using the traditional technique of drypoint intaglio.

Class participants will donate one (or more!) of the prints they make in this class to Art 4 Shelter, an art sale fundraising event to benefit Simpson Housing Services. 

In this workshop, participants will carve away the areas they want to remain white on a soft, easy-to-cut block. The image will be printed from the raised surfaces left on the block after carving. Relief printing is the oldest form of printmaking, and these prints are characterized by their bold contrast between light and dark areas.

Build your own plates and learn about the unique and versatile form of printmaking called collagraphy, where the printing plates are made by hand.

Create a 1-2 layer screen print edition.

Carve a relief block and hand print multiple painted colors.

Print drypoint plates using relief roll color techniques.

Use recyclable plastic plates, water washable oil based inks, water soluble crayons, and an etching press to make drypoint monoprints.

Use carving tools to carve a relief block, learn the basics of pin registration, and print 2-3 layers by hand.

Use water soluble media to create painterly screen prints.

Learn how to make prints using the cyanotype process, which produces rich blue prints with brilliant highlights.

Learn the basics of polyester plate lithography

Carve a relief block and print with water soluble media using an etching press

Create vibrant, layered monotypes using soft gelatin plates

Use water soluble media to create painterly screenprints

Learn to create a sketchbook by utilizing a spiral binding machine and monoprinting techniques

Learn to screenprint on paper using hand cut stencils