Thursdays: July 24, 31, August 7; 6–9pm CT
This in-person workshop builds on the skills learned in Woodcut Printmaking 1 (previously called Woodcut Printmaking). Build your skills and gain a deeper understanding of the reductive printmaking process.
Through discussion, examples, and demonstrations, work on your carving skills for more complex prints, including registration, editioning, and troubleshooting. Each participant will create a multi-layered woodcut print–a big project! We will print with barens for most of this workshop, but the instructor will demonstrate printing a woodcut on a Vandercook press and participants can each pull one or two prints.
*The materials fee includes all materials for the workshop including two micro blades to add to the Flexcut carving set purchased for Woodcut Printmaking 1.
Those with adequate experience letterpress printing on Vandercook presses are welcome to return to MCBA to print woodcuts during Letterpress Labs. For those interested in learning more about letterpress printing, please take Letterpress 1: Printing Basics and subsequent workshops. Letterpress 1–3 are required in order to print independently during Letterpress Labs.
Level: Intermediate. Experience is required. To register for this workshop, participants must have taken Woodcut Printmaking 1 (previously called Woodcut Printmaking).
Certificate: 9 hours, Category B or C
Pricing
$221/participant (10% discount for MCBA members) + $65 materials fee*
$111 for BIPOC/Financial scholarship participants (10% discount for MCBA members) + $65* materials fee
MCBA offers two scholarship types for workshops—Financial Hardship Scholarships and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Scholarships—to honor equity and increase access and artistic opportunities for those who have historically been underrepresented in the book arts. For individuals to whom these scholarships do not apply, register at the Adult rate and, if you are able, consider making a donation when registering to support MCBA’s efforts to make scholarships available.
