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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
We offer classes and workshops for youth and adults in a variety of techniques and methods including printing on clay, fabric and with our press. All levels of experience and background are welcome. Aging Artfully is our monthly printmaking workshop for seniors. |
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ABOUT OUR STUDIO
We have an etching American French Tool Press, equipped with large bearings, solid steel rolls, and a 30" x 48" bed. Also in our studio is a tabletop Monotype 22 Press. This 22" x 44" press requires less strength to operate, and is perfect for lighter pressure printmaking. The printmaking studio utilizes non-toxic materials. |
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Wearable Monotype Prints
Tuesday June 9 6:00-8:30pm Instructor: Arlene Bandes $50 Ages 16+ In this workshop, students will make nature inspired wearable monotype shirts. By using a special bleach extraction solution that creates a reverse printing process on cotton fabrics and working with botanicals and other design inspired materials, will allow students to create unique wearable pieces of printed art. Participants will need to bring at least one 100% cotton shirt in a dark color such as black, brown, navy, purple. Lighter colors will work but will have less guaranteed contrast. Less costly shirts work best. It is also fine to bring cotton fabric to create sections to use in other clothing or quilts. |
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Inspired By Nature: Gel Plate Printing
Tuesday July 7 & Wednesday July 8
3:30-6:00pm
Instructor: Arlene Bandes
$130
Ages 16+
Gel Plate printing offers an exciting opportunity to create one of a kind monotypes with simple materials. Learn processes to make multicolored, multilayered prints using Speedbal gel plates, Akua inks and natural objects. Students will create a large number of prints that are related by motif and color using a variety of papers to create various effects.
Leaves, shells, feathers and other natural objects will be provided but participants are also encourages to bring any flowers, stems, leaves, etc. that are meaningful to them. Printed papers such as old music sheets, pages from books, maps, wallpaper, etc are also fun to use. The possibilities are endless!
Tuesday July 7 & Wednesday July 8
3:30-6:00pm
Instructor: Arlene Bandes
$130
Ages 16+
Gel Plate printing offers an exciting opportunity to create one of a kind monotypes with simple materials. Learn processes to make multicolored, multilayered prints using Speedbal gel plates, Akua inks and natural objects. Students will create a large number of prints that are related by motif and color using a variety of papers to create various effects.
Leaves, shells, feathers and other natural objects will be provided but participants are also encourages to bring any flowers, stems, leaves, etc. that are meaningful to them. Printed papers such as old music sheets, pages from books, maps, wallpaper, etc are also fun to use. The possibilities are endless!
Reduction Block Printing
Tuesday July 14 & Wednesday July 15
3:30-6:00pm
Instructor: Arlene Bandes
$140 (all materials included)
Reduction block printmaking, often credited to artist Pablo Picasso, results in unique, multi-colored prints that are produced through multiple inkings and printings on the same paper using different ink colors as more and more of the original block is altered or removed.
In this two session class, students will create a series of unique prints using special Styrofoam plates and Akua water-based inks. In the first class, the plates will be incised using engraving tools and other implements including stencils, knives, scissors, and more. Students will work with at least four colors of ink, moving from light colors to dark. In the second class, another series of prints will be made by exploring the use of Akua inks resist techniques to create additional colors and more painterly effects on the prints.
Tuesday July 14 & Wednesday July 15
3:30-6:00pm
Instructor: Arlene Bandes
$140 (all materials included)
Reduction block printmaking, often credited to artist Pablo Picasso, results in unique, multi-colored prints that are produced through multiple inkings and printings on the same paper using different ink colors as more and more of the original block is altered or removed.
In this two session class, students will create a series of unique prints using special Styrofoam plates and Akua water-based inks. In the first class, the plates will be incised using engraving tools and other implements including stencils, knives, scissors, and more. Students will work with at least four colors of ink, moving from light colors to dark. In the second class, another series of prints will be made by exploring the use of Akua inks resist techniques to create additional colors and more painterly effects on the prints.
Karen Dubrovsky
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Karen Dubrovsky
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Suanne Peterson
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Suanne Peterson
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Suanne Peterson
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sketch of seaweed, Nancy Crasco
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seaweed linocut, Nancy Crasco
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first proof of seaweed block, Nancy Crasco
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Printmaking for Seniors
Aging Artfully is our monthly printmaking workshop for seniors. Explore various techniques and methods of printmaking.- all materials in the studio are non-toxic. All levels of experience and background are welcome as well as support/companions. If you have any access needs or questions, please email [email protected] Participants may sign up for individual dates or more 10am-12:00pm // $10 per date June 18 July 16 August 20 Our summer series is taught by Nancy Crasco |
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This program is supported by a grant from the Dana Home Foundation; this foundation is dedicated to providing the care, comfort, and wellbeing of senior citizens, with a special emphasis on serving, directly or indirectly, the needs of those who reside in or have connections to the Town of Lexington
