New classes and workshops are offered seasonally.
All levels. Beginners are valued for bravely trying new things.
MIXING IT UP… WOODCUT AND PRONTO PLATE PRINTMAKING
7 Alternate Monday evenings beginning September 19 (Sept. 19, Oct. 3,17,31,Nov.14, 28, Dec.12)
6-9:30 PM
Fee: $350.00
Come learn the fundamentals of creating layered prints with both woodcut and polyester plate (pronto plate) lithographic techniques. STENCILS, MASKS, AND TOOL SHARPENING WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED.
THE SHAPE OF CONTENT- Texts + Images = Artists” Books
8 consecutive Wednesday evenings (Sept .14, 21, Oct. 5,12,19, 26, Nov. 2, 9) NO CLASS SEPT. 28th!
6-9:30
$400.00
Innovate! Integrate!
Use texts to create Imagery, and images to create Texts. Participants will combine mixed media techniques with word experiments (Found Texts, generative writing, etc.) to forge a new vocabulary and method to shape along with image transfer techniques A variety of forms as the Japanese Screen, Chinese Atlas, the Coptic Binding and other folded and sewn forms will be introduced and transformed. The choice of book forms can be adapted to students’ experience levels and interests.
Improvisational Woodcut
6 alternate Thursday Mornings 9:30-1pm (Sept. 22, Oct.6, 20, Nov.3, 17,Dec.1)
$300.00
It’s like Jazz, but with sharp tools, wood, paper and ink!
This most ancient of printmaking techniques honors the hand, the mark, and the constructive destruction of wood transformed by carving, scratching and abrading. Each block is a layer of information that can be combined with stencils and masks to yield unique, contemporary results. We use Shina plywood, a wonderful material that is easy to cut and keeps fine detail. Tool maintenance and sharpening, ink modification, transfer techniques, and printing techniques will be addressed.
Annie Silverman is a printmaker and teacher who has been working experimentally with relief printmaking for 24 years. Her prints and unique books have been collected and exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Denmark, Japan and Cuba. She has been teaching at Mass College of Art for over 20 years and has taught at Penland, Bennington College, Pyramid Atlantic, and at Mixit Studios. Last summer Annie had summer teaching and artist residencies in Ireland and Denmark. She had a one-person exhibition at the Grafiks Galleri in Næstved, Denmark. Her woodcut and Pronto plate artist book ASSOCIATIVE MISCELLANY, was exhibited in Kyoto, Japan as part of the Moku Hanga Conference in June 2011.
Contact: 617-519-8970
Anniesil@earthlink.net,www.anniesilverman.biz (under renovation) www.ABRAZOSPress.com Abrazosprintshop.wordpress.com
