arm, cool. Transparent, opaque. Positive, negative. These are basic concepts that you'll explore intimately through the monoprint process.

Printmaking inks are as dense as fudge, but can be made as luminous as gemstones. We will spend time learning to mix these versatile inks, and then move on to the platemaking process.

Images will be made from cutouts of thin materials and found objects, e.g., mylar, string, wire. These movable pieces are inked and layered onto a piece of plexiglass — creating a printing plate. Dampened archival paper is placed on top, and the plates are printed with just one pass through an etching press. This creates a unique print that is a mirror image of your plate.

More prints will be made with the ghost image that remains on the plate, and by reusing and repositioning the cutouts. No two prints are exactly alike, but a related series of images can be created — an added benefit of the monoprint technique. Each person will make eight to twelve prints during the course of the weekend.

This printing process is excellent both for producing images used in books, and for making single prints that can be hung, or gathered in a portfolio.

(This workshop is not currently on the schedule. You may to request that we offer it sometime in the future.)