INTAGLIO
with Arlen Austin
6 weeks, Thursdays 6-9 pm
March 11- April 15
Fee: $395

Discover the diverse possibilities of intaglio, which can be used to create detailed images with a wide range of tones, lines, and textures. Techniques include etching, dry point, aquatint, soft ground, spit-bite and more. You will work with copper plates using etching tools, learn to print on an intaglio press, and explore variations of color printing.



WATERBASED SILKSCREEN
with Roni Henning
6 weeks, 6-9 pm
Tuesdays, March 30 - May 4
Fee: $395

Explore the wide range of screenprinting techniques in this versatile medium. Silkscreen allows you to easily print hand-drawn, photographic, and digital imagery on paper, fabric, and other surfaces in a variety of colors. You will create handmade and photographic stencils and learn to use a vacuum table and exposure unit to shoot screens. Topics will include screen preparation, color separation for multi-plate prints, correct color mixing, registration, screen monoprinting, editioning, and basic methods for printing on t-shirts.

INTRO TO PRINTMAKING
with Lisa Mackie
6 weeks, Wednesdays, 6-9 pm
April 7 - May 12
Fee: $395

This course provides a broad introduction to basic printmaking processes. Learn about intaglio techniques by creating a drypoint and etching, create unique prints with monotype, and carve wood blocks for relief printing. Important techniques used in all printmaking processes, such as paper tearing, ink modification, chine colle, registration, and printing multiple color plates, will also be covered.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.

SOLAR PLATE ETCHING
with Sheila Goloborotko
6 weeks, Mondays 6-9 pm
April 12 - May 17
Fee: $395

Solar plate is the safest and quickest method for creating photographic imagery in etching. Also known as photopolymer etching, this is an easy and innovative way to create intaglio and photoetchings without the use of acid and other harmful chemicals. Hand-drawn, photo-based, or digital images are exposed onto light-sensitive polymer plates, which are developed in water and printed on an etching press.
*This course uses only Akua Waterbased non-toxic inks

PHOTOGRAVURE
with Lothar Osterburg
2 intensive weekends, 11am - 5pm
April 17-18 and 24-25
Fee: $460

Learn the only continuous-tone photobased print-making technique. Photogravure is an etching process that creates photographic imagery in a wide range of tones and superior subtlety and detail by using a very fine aquatint (as opposed to halftone which is used in other photoetching processes). In this intensive class, we will work with digitized photo material and use it to create fine copper plates for editioning. This class is limited to 8 students.

*Required materials:
•8" x 10," 300 dpi grayscale tiff files, or
•8.5" x 11" continuous tone print to be scanned during the class. Please be aware that the Photoshop image manipulation during the class will be minimal.
•No photographic or etching experience is required

JAPANESE WATERBASED WOODBLOCK (MOKU HANGA)
with April Vollmer
6 weeks, Thursdays 6-9 pm
May 6 - June 10
Fee: $395

Moku hanga, the traditional Japanese technique, allows you to print luminous colors with easy registration and without the use of solvents or a printing press. Learn how to transfer images, carve blocks and cut kento registration marks, make non-toxic waterbased inks from pigment, and print by hand with a baren. You will also learn to edition multi-color prints on kozo paper. This class is also suitable for those with previous experience in the medium.



MONOTYPE
with Sarah Nicole Phillips
6 weeks, Wednesdays 6-9 pm
May 19 – June 23
Fee: $395

This comprehensive workshop will introduce you to one of the most liberating forms of printmaking, with an emphasis on experimentation and creativity. Learn to create innovative one-of-a-kind prints using drawing, painting and collage. Explore color mixing, brushwork, ghost images, chine colle, stencils, and alternative tools to create unique prints. We will pull highly developed monotypes by hand and with the aid of a press.
*This course uses only Akua Waterbased non-toxic inks.



INTRO TO PRINTMAKING
with Lisa Mackie
6 weeks, Tuesdays 6-9 pm
June 8 – July 13
Fee: $395

This course provides a broad introduction to basic printmaking processes. Learn about intaglio techniques by creating a drypoint and etching, create unique prints with monotype, and carve wood blocks for relief printing. Important techniques used in all printmaking processes, such as paper tearing, ink modification, chine colle, registration, and printing multiple color plates, will also be covered.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.