INTAGLIO
with Erik Hougen
6 weeks, Tuesdays, 6 – 9 pm
January 19 – February 23
Fee: $395

Explore the rich and incredibly diverse possibilities of intaglio printing. This course aims to provide students with a strong command of essential intaglio techniques as well as an overview of historical and contemporary approaches to the medium. We will work through five fundamental intaglio processes: hard and soft ground etching, aquatint, sugarlift, and spitbite. While learning these fundamental techniques, you will develop two or three images and discuss issues in contemporary art with specific emphasis on printmaking. You will work on a copper plate with etching tools, and print on an intaglio press, as well as explore variations of color printing and chine collé.

INTRO TO SCREENPRINTING
with Roni Henning
6 weeks, Thursdays, 6 - 9 pm
January 28 - March 3, 2016
Fee: $425

Explore the wide range of 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 press and exposure unit to expose screens. Topics will include screen preparation, color separation for multi-screen prints, correct color mixing, registration, screen monoprinting, editioning, and basic methods of printing onto t-shirts. Artists should bring ideas and/or images to the first session.

INTRO TO PRINTMAKING
with Lisa Mackie
5 weeks, Tuesdays, 6 - 9 pm
March 1 – March 29
$350

This course provides a broad introduction to basic printmaking techniques and processes. Learn about intaglio techniques by creating a drypoint and an etching, delve into traditional monoprint and relief printmaking, and discover various screenprinting methods. We will also cover important trans-process printmaking techniques such as paper tearing, ink modification, chine colle, registration, and printing multiple plates.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.