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Rail Repeat Pattern Screenprinting
October 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$394.00A 4-Day In-Studio Workshop!
Saturdays and Sundays, October 26-27 and November 2-3, 1-4pm
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About this Workshop:
Learning to design in repeat unlocks for the artist not only a world of wallpaper and textiles patterns, but a technique to develop designs for ceramics, architecture, and computer graphics.
Students in this class will learn to design a repeat pattern for printing on fabric or paper yardage. They will learn to test and validate their design for its capacity to repeat seamlessly. Students will furthermore receive instruction in printing in repeat with Speedball ink on fabric using a rail system, and they will learn how to troubleshoot common issues in the process. This is a collaborative class and students will craft complementary designs in pairs and print as a team.
Level: Intermediate—Introduction to Screenprinting (Paper or Fabric) or similar experience with screenprinting (6 hours +) is recommended.
Registration closes October 21, 2024. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students may/will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Josh Kery
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $75 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including hardware for your screen, transparencies, ink, paper, newsprint, and fabric. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) or wear clothes that can get inky
- (optional) Personal silkscreen – 18”x22” or similar, no greater than 230 mesh count
- Notepad/sketchbook for taking notes and working out ideas
- Sketch or inspirational imagery as a starting point for your design
- (optional) Any screenprinting ink you’d prefer to use over the community inks available
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Josh Kery is an interdisciplinary artist working in screenprint, textiles, and code, with a background in Fine Arts and Human Computer Interaction. He has exhibited solo at the Frame Gallery in Pittsburgh, exhibited collaboratively at MuseumLab and the Fabric Workshop and Museum, and performed at the Pennsylvania Center for Women in Politics and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Process Series. Josh earned his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020. Raised in Boston, he currently lives in Washington, DC, where he works as a freelance designer, developer and content manager, frequently for Richard Lewis Media Group and Remake Learning Days. Learn more about his work at joshuakery.com.