ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

For anyone who wants to be creative through printmaking, our Foundations class introduces first time printers to the wide variety of resources and equipment at Spudnik Press Cooperative. Students will experiment with three unique printmaking processes throughout the six weeks. With each printing process inducing its own aesthetic, this class offers abundant opportunities to elevate sketches and designs through print and to understand the basic concepts that bridge the many types of printmaking at our studio.

Screenprinting is a form of stencil making that is used to print fine art as well as posters, cards, t-shirts, and more. Relief prints are created by carving an image into wood or linoleum, adding ink to the surface, and transferring the inked image onto paper. Etching, also known as Intaglio [in-tal-yoh], is a family of printing techniques in which the image is incised into a metal plate. Artist can scratch into plates with needles, or can draw through a ground and etch drawings into a plate.

Together, these processes range from experimental to exacting, bold to subdued, and unpredictable to calculated and can open new possibilities for artists, writers, and folks who want to learn a new way to make art. 

Class 1: Saturday, January 13, 10am-12:30pm

Class 2: Saturday, January 20, 10am-12:30pm

Class 3: Saturday, January 27, 10am-12:30pm

Class 4: Saturday, February 3, 10am-12:30pm

Class 5: Saturday, February 10, 10am-12:30pm

Class 6: Saturday, February 17, 10am-12:30pm

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

Print tools and paper.

Location