WINTER PRINTMAKING CLASSES AT ABRAZOS PRESS STARTING Tuesday, JANUARY 21.come get inky in 2025!
annie silverman
THE LAYERED PRINT (Live in the Layers, not in the litter — inspired by a Stanley Kunitz poem!)
DATES: 8 TUESDAY evenings — JANUARY 21,28,FEBRUARY 4,11,18,25, March 4,11
TIME: 6:00–9:30 PM
Cost: $480 (PLUS $15 MATERIALS FEE)
Join Annie as she demonstrates methods for creating richly layered prints using intricate palettes of textures and colors. Several relief printmaking techniques will be taught, along with simple collagraph plates, the use of stencils and masks, and chine collé: collage and printmaking at the same time. Woodcut or linoleum carving can also occur. This is truly a MIXED MEDIA printmaking experience. Students can try various techniques. Annie will demonstrate the range of choices and show prints created with these techniques and people can choose what is the most compelling. It’s a very individualized setting, so with patience, everyone might very well be doing different things!
IMPROVISATIONAL WOODCUT — like Jazz, but with sharp tools and ink
DATES: 7 THURSDAY MORNINGS — JANUARY 23,30, FEBRUARY 6,13,20,27, MARCH 6
TIME: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Cost: $420
Improvisational woodcut: The most ancient printmaking technique honors the hand, the mark and the constructive/destruction of wood transformed into printmaking matrices when surfaces are carved, scratched or abraded. Each block becomes a layer of information that can be combined with other blocks, stencils and masks to yield unique, contemporary results. Tool maintenance and sharpening, ink application and modification, image transfer and other techniques will be addressed. Improvisational woodcut can have the immediacy of collage, yet with the possibility of work in a series, for which printmaking is ideal. Students will need to have woodcut tools and can buy wood in class at cost from instructor.
BASIC INFO FOR CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Class Size: Classes are limited to 4 people. Beginners welcome!
Safety: We will follow the current Covid safety guidelines for Somerville, MA.
Transportation: There is ample parking at the Miller St. Studio building where ABRAZOS PRESS is located. The studio is also a 10 minute walk from the Porter Sq. T station on the Red Line.
Registration:
To secure your spot, send an email of intent to silverm...@gmail.com and mail a $50.00 deposit check* made out to Annie Silverman to:
Annie Silverman
Abrazos Press
11 Miller St.
Somerville, MA 02143
* I also have electronic transfer through ZELLE (ANN SILVERMAN) AND PAYPAL (617-519-8970 or silverm...@gmail.com)
Questions?
Please contact me at silverm...@gmail.com with your questions.