May 15-16, 2024: Woodblock Printmaking Comprehensive
TIME: 10:00 to 4:00 both days - with a 1/2 hour lunch break.
This 2 day class is taught by Denise Markbreit - Printmaker and APS Founder/Owner.
Woodblock Printmaking has a long and rich history. It has been practiced for centuries starting in Japan and Korea and fanning out across the globe. Images from realism to abstraction can be achieved with this relief method of printing.
This comprehensive printmaking class will cover:
The steps necessary to achieve one color and multi-color prints.
Carving skills, tool maintenance, transferring images to wood and registration jigs - from simple to complex.
Use of soy based Akua ink, and printing of a set or edition of prints.
We will also discuss setting up your home work space on a budget, the next steps in your printmaking journey, and printmaking in a community of artists.
Using furniture grade plywood and simple tools, this fun, information packed class will get you started on, or enhance, your printmaking journey!
All materials are included in this workshop.
Basic linoleum block and printmaking skills are helpful but not necessary.
Open to all levels.
Class limited to 8 participants.
Class held at Asheville Print Studio: Riverview Station - Studio #108, 191 Lyman Street, River Arts District, Asheville, NC
CLASS FEE: $345 *Price includes all materials.
DENISE MARKBREIT
PRINTMAKER and FOUNDER-OWNER of Asheville Print Studio & Gallery
Denise discovered Akua ink - a soy based, safer printmaking solution while at an artists’ retreat. It was a game changer for her printmaking practices. Delving into safer techniques, without solvents or chemicals, opened up a world of eco-friendly printmaking possibilities including Mokuhanga, Mokulito, Mixed Media printing and Solar Plate print matrixes. Denise has been hooked on green printmaking ever since!
In addition to her pursuit of printed fine art images, Denise creates hand printed home accessories, and print based mixed media images and sculptures. Denise also regularly teaches printmaking workshops and mentors artists through the Asheville Print Studio Membership Program.
In 2018 Denise founded the Asheville Print Studio + Gallery. She is a member of the Asheville Printmakers and exhibits her prints, as well as work by a core group of printmakers, at Asheville Print Gallery. Denise holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and an MST from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her fine art prints have been exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions across the country and reside in art collections worldwide.
To learn more about Denise and her printmaking CLICK HERE.