Thursdays: April 16, 23, 30; 6–9pm CT
Sharpen your technique and gain a deeper understanding of the reductive printmaking process.
This in-person workshop builds on skills learned in Woodcut Printmaking for Beginners (previously called Woodcut Printmaking 1).
Through discussion, examples, and demonstrations, work on your carving skills for more complex prints, including registration, editioning, and troubleshooting. Each participant will create an edition of multi-layered woodcut prints–a big project! We will print with the etching press for most of this workshop, but the instructor will demonstrate printing a woodcut on a Vandercook press and participants can each pull one or two prints.
Those with adequate experience letterpress printing on Vandercook presses are welcome to return to MCBA to print woodcuts during Letterpress Labs. For those interested in learning more about letterpress printing, please take Letterpress 1: Printing Basics and subsequent workshops. Letterpress 1–3 are required in order to print independently during Letterpress Labs.
Level: Intermediate. Experience is required. To register for this workshop, participants must have taken Woodcut Printmaking 1 (previously called Woodcut Printmaking) or have other introductory experience with wood or linocut carving and printing.
Certificate: 9 hours, Category B or C
Pricing
$221 | $111 Scholarship | $332 Pay-It-Forward
$40 materials fee
Scholarships are available for individuals facing adversity as it relates to identity, income/wealth, and lack of access to arts resources. The Pay-It-Forward rate (tuition, plus 50%) supports MCBA’s efforts to make scholarships available. We leave it to you to choose the rate that is meaningful to you based on your income, wealth, and privilege status. MCBA members receive a 10% discount on tuition.
