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Introduction to Reduction Woodcut, Dec 2022
December 4, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$228.00A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop!
Sundays, December 4 and 11, 1pm-4pm
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About this Workshop:
In reduction woodcut, a single block is used for a multilayered color print. A block is progressively carved away while printing the color layers in order, reducing the printed area with each color layer. This 6-hour workshop will demonstrate and cover the following techniques through hands-on demonstrations: carving techniques, registration, color mixing with oil-based ink, and pressing a print.
Students are encouraged to design their own 4.5” x 7” image before the workshop. Participants will carve a birch plywood block and can expect to complete a small edition of 8.5” x 11” (paper size) of their two-color prints.
Level: Intermediate: Introduction to Relief Printmaking (6-hours), or similar printmaking experience, required.
Registration closes November 26, 2022. Material fees are included with your registration to cover items provided in class, including ink, paper, wood block, and other miscellaneous supplies.
Sample images by Jun Lee
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $65 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including ink, paper, wood blocks, gloves, and newsprint. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- 1-2 idea sketches/pictures for the woodcut. *Important – Students will ultimately draw directly onto the block, so please prepare completed designs/drawings. If you would like to transfer/trace your drawing onto the block, please do the design on woodblock size (4.5” x 7”) paper (newsprint or thin paper recommended).*
- Power Grip Carving Tools (Set of 7)
- (Optional) Power Grip carving knife chisel triangular, 1.5mm
- Flexcut Slipstrop Sharpening Kit
- Sharpie Permanent Markers (for drawing on woodblocks)
- 2-3 Permanent Sharpie BLACK (Fine)
- 1 Permanent Sharpie SILVER (Fine)
- 1 Permanent Sharpie BLACK (Chisel Tips)
- 1 Permanent Sharpie RED (Chisel Tips)
- Baby Wipes – Huggies Simply Clean Fragrance-Free Baby Wipes (Unscented), 2 qty
- Sketchbook and drawing materials (Pencils, pen, eraser, etc.)
- Personal apron/work clothes
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Jun Lee is a printmaker who works in large format woodcut utilizing animals as metaphors to convey competition in our daily lives. Lee is a DC Art Bank Grant recipient from 2019–2022, awarded by the Government of DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She was the Printmaking Artist in Residence at the Lee Arts Center (VA, 2014–2021), Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring (MD, 2018), the winter resident at Penland School of Crafts (NC, 2017–2020), and the Denbo Fellow at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (MD, 2017). Lee attended the Minneapolis College of Art & Design where she earned a BFA in Illustration in 2002, and a Post Baccalaureate in Printmaking in 2004. In 2007, She received her MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Lee’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she has taught printmaking classes at multiple locations. Learn more about her work at junleeprints.com and follow her on instagram @junieleelee.
“Jun has a wealth of knowledge and is so open to sharing advice and tips – because she’s ‘been there and done that.’ She routinely engaged with each student individually to speak to each person’s needs and questions.”
—Attendee, Woodcut: As Detailed as it Gets with Jun Lee (Summer 2022)