Workshops/Relief Printmaking
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To be formally proposed when I've finished my current printmaking project, and then built a small press.
About printmaking
- The basics
- Artistic rationale
- What a finished block & a finished print look like
- Other techniques - intaglio, drypoint, monotype
Preparing an image
- Basics of design for relief work (only covering monochrome here)
- Digital manipulation to turn photos into suitable designs, using GIMP/Inkscape
- Transferring the image to the block
Carving
- Introduction to carving tools
- Woodcut
- Linocut
- Vinyl cut
- Laser cutter use
Printing
- Introduction to inks (including acrylic paint), tools & art paper
- Hand printing, with baren/spoon/stone/found objects
- Printing with a screw press
- Drying your work
