This is a four week introduction to creating surrealist drypoint prints using recyclable plastic plates, water washable oil based inks, and an etching press.
Carve a relief block and hand print multiple painted colors.
This free workshop will cover the basics of applying to artist opportunities such as residencies, open calls, and fellowships: looking for opportunities, developing personal criteria for which to apply to, tracking deadlines, organizing application materials, and - most crucially - navigating rejections and cultivating resilience to keep applying. Following a presentation, participants will be invited to discuss and share their own methods, experiences and questions.
Students will learn to make carborundum collagraphs and create multi-color prints using watercolors mixed with gum Arabic.
Create a 1-2 layer screen print edition.
Build your own plates and learn about the unique and versatile form of printmaking called collagraphy, where the printing plates are made by hand.
Students will learn mono print methods using collagraph techniques, non-traditional objects, textures, and recycled materials to create imagery on a professional intaglio press with oil-based inks.
This introductory course offers students a hands-on exploration of traditional intaglio printmaking, where they will learn to create detailed and textured prints.
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.
Work reductively with water soluble oil based inks to create rich monotypes using an etching press.
Use carving tools to carve a relief block, learn the basics of pin registration, and print 2-3 layers by hand.
This course covers advanced methods of working on copper to create fresh, dynamic intaglio prints with compelling mark-making. Techniques will include: multi-plate color, timed bites, “soap” ground, sugar lift, soft-ground textures and more.
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.
Create painterly monotypes using water soluble materials and an etching press.
Participants will learn how to make unique blue cyanotype prints, from preparing the paper to exposing in sunlight then developing the image in ordinary water.
Use recyclable plastic plates, water washable oil based inks, and an etching press to make drypoint prints.
Are you a K–12 educator in the Twin Cities or nearby areas interested in bringing printmaking into your classroom? Join us for a free, engaging evening event to launch the 2024–2025 school year!
Learn to use carving tools, hand carve a relief block, and print by hand.
Use contact paper and acrylic ink to print a small screen print edition.
Join Joel Garcia (Huichol) for a drypoint portrait workshop centered on storytelling and kinship. Participants will be able to create a 4x6 portrait of a loved one (human and non-human) and participate in a story circle sharing that special connection.
Gain an introduction to African American printmaking history through a two-day intaglio color drypoint sampler class.
This course will show you how to think in layers, mix colors, coat and expose a screen, and how to edition on paper.
Learn how to mix any color imaginable using oil-based printmaking inks
Learn the basics of polyester plate lithography
Relief printmaking is a reductive process in which you carve away the negative space to leave the impression of the positive image raised and ready to take on ink.
Carve a relief block and print with water soluble media using an etching press
Combining recently created prints, test prints, makeready and found imagery, students cut, tear, trade with others, and manipulate portions of existing collages to create new collages that expand the image-making process.
Create vibrant, layered monotypes using soft gelatin plates
Use water soluble media to create painterly screenprints
Learn a traditional approach to chine-collé using rice paste
Learn to create a sketchbook by utilizing a spiral binding machine and monoprinting techniques
Learn to screenprint on paper using hand cut stencils
This class is meant to create a safe space for Minnesota artists from racial and ethnic communities that have been underrepresented to share work, learn, build skills, and build community.
For current HP co-op members: a space to share work, learn, build skills, and build community.
Create painterly monotypes using water soluble materials and an etching press
Use carving tools to carve a linoleum relief block, learn the basics of carving, inking, and printing techniques.
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