Workshops
( above – photos of handprinting studio)
Participants experience transformation through improvised play with objects symbolic to each individual.
Workshop: styrofoam relief hand printing with non-toxic Akua inks
Monday, Feb. 20. 10am – 1pm. Location: Saranac Lake Studio.
(already booked for this month – please email or text me your interest – at least one a month)
No technical skills needed. Create your own print from objects symbolic to you. While you recycle. Experience your creativity – trust the process – experience the transformation inherent in printmaking. Non-toxic soy oil based inks – rich, deep colors – washes off with soap and water. Share made-from-scratch foods and beverages at end of workshop.
Bring objects which can leave marks and/or indent 4.5 x 6.5 in. styrofoam trays. You are very welcome to recycle some of your own trays.
Artist printmaker supplies:
- styrofoam trays (typically found in supermarket meat and/or produce display coolers) for printing plates
- objects (I have a few 
)!
- rice paper
- soy oil based Akua Intaglio inks
- brushes, rollers, whatever works to put ink on plate,
- hand pressing tools; spoons, etc.
- made from scratch foods, typically stew (often venison), green salad and bread. You bring drink.
- prints scanned during workshop. additional 7$. Bring flashdrive.
3 hours, 45$/participant. Maximum of 4 people. Please note that there are 15 steps to the handprinting studio. There is always the wonderful www.BluseedStudios.org with print studios on ground floor if needed.
Saranac Lake accommodations are reasonably priced, many are on Lake Flower in the village and within walking distance.
Since 2007 I’ve been hand printing relief abstract landscapes, still lifes and figurative works from found discarded objects. During my everyday walks, I collect the objects. At the end of the week, I compose relief prints from that week’s cache. Colors seen during my walks determine the palette for each print series. They become a record of that time and place.
I chose to recycle supermarket Styrofoam trays as printing plates. I press the found objects into the tray. I print with Akua non toxic soy-based intaglio inks.
The resulting images are improvisational explorations of line quality, shape relationships, and tonal and color intensities. The juxtaposition of the objects determines what emerges.
You may view and purchase my prints on a wide selection of gift and fine art lines.
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