Space is limited so sign up early!
From 9 am - 3:30 pm Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, in the Red Brick Art Factory.
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that the artist cuts away carry no ink, while characters or images at surface level carry the ink to produce the print. The block is cut along the wood grain (unlike wood engraving, where the block is cut in the end-grain). The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller brayer, leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas.
Introduction to Color Reduction Linocut.
Progressive layers of carving and color printing result in rich, vibrant prints. By cutting away more and more of the block in between each color printing, the previous colors are revealed. By the end of the process, the block is sometimes “reduced” to almost nothing. Participants will go from designing their images and cutting blocks, to printing a limited-edition print series using non-toxic inks on rice paper by hand and on a printing press. Students will come to class with a simple ink drawing: 6.25" W x 6" H. Image transfer, carving, registration, inking, proofing, and edition print-ing will be demonstrated. Small class size (lim-ited to 6) will allow for individualized attention. Some experience is recommended. Age 16+
Instructor and Printmaker Curt Carpenter has been making relief prints since being commissioned to print 50 Christmas cards in 1964. He received a BA and MA in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin. Curt's woodcuts are in many private and public collections, currently in the Red Brick Center for the Arts!
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
