Everybody has their own preferences as well as limitations due to spacial constraints, budget, and press size as to what their monotype printmaking studio should contain. Through the years I have moved from oil-based inks and solvents to Akua non-toxic water based inks. Originally I printed on dampened paper as that was how I was […]
You may already have a press setup in your studio, but if you don’t you can still participate in online programs by setting up a hand-printing station. Check out the video below to learn more.
The Monothon is a fundraising event conceived by Ron Adams and myself and originally begun at The College of Santa Fe in 1987. Artists find sponsors and sponsors find artists to work fully assisted with Master Printers during a marathon of monotype printing sessions. One work from each artist session is retained by the host […]
The Monotype Mark is the first of a series of three short workshops. It covers a wide range of techniques possible in the monotype process including additive and subtractive approaches, ink rolling methods, stencils and templates, the use of the ghost, contact monotype, viscosity, plate and paper registration and continues through the use of chine […]
The 5- day Mixed Bag workshop incorporates a little bit of this and a little bit of that. It is essentially the Three by Three series (see below) compressed into one week. Included are lessons in monotype, chine colle, photopolymer platemaking as well as panel construction and lamination. There is a lot of information presented […]
This workshop focuses on the transformation of works on paper to panels that can then be handled as paintings, collages, and assemblages. Various forms of printmaking set the stage for paper images. Then using woodworking tools, wood panels, and hollow core doors participants will learn how to construct their own substrates for furthering their compositions. […]
These workshops are designed to bring together various contemporary platemaking processes with monotype and collage to create unique, mixed media prints or Edition Varied prints. You will learn one or more of the processes of Solarplate, Solar Platinum, and ImagOn to create repeatable imagery. This includes the preparation of your artwork for platemaking, the use […]
Using monotype as the primary technique this workshop focuses on the use of many plates and collage elements to create richly layered compositions. Rather than trying to compose on just one surface you will learn how to think in layers where many options become available in one or more impressions. While you have a monotype […]
This workshops covers a wide range of techniques possible in the monotype process and continues through the use of collage, drawing, and multiple plate projects. Students will be encouraged to pursue their artistic vision using monotype as a mark making tool in combination with whatever other techniques are efficient and available. The use of mixed […]