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Yummy Layers! Improvisations in Monotype and Papercutting
November 11, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$445.00A 3-Day Intensive, In-Studio Workshop!
Friday, November 11, 6-9pm, Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13, 10am-4pm
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About this Workshop:
In this workshop, we will embrace free play and improvisation to create multi-layer experimental prints using monotype and papercutting techniques. In the print studio, we will explore all aspects of creating multi-layer monotypes on plexiglass plates. Experimenting with simple shape stencils, texture techniques, blend rolls, we will dive into rich color using transparency and opacity to full effect. Using oil-based inks we will create small works on both Western and Eastern papers. Additionally, we will explore paper cutting and paper joining techniques to experiment with both physical and printed layers while exploring the importance of play in our own studio practice.
Level: All levels welcome, though experience with monotype printmaking is helpful (but it’s not required).
Registration closes November 1, 2022 and includes a materials fee to cover supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials as well.
Sample images by April Flanders
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $50 materials fee to cover consumables like paper, ink, acetate for stencils, newsprint, cleaners, Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials of their own, including:
- Personal apron (optional but recommended)
- Textured items such as lace, string, fruit and vegetable ‘netting’ bags, and other materials for collage and texture
- Sharpie marker (any point)
- 1 roll of masking tape
- Any images, colors and ideas you want to work with
- (optional) Any personal tools you’d prefer to use (though we’ll have extras in-studio): 1 pair of scissors, Xacto knife with extra set of blades, ruler, any other cutting or drawing tools
- (optional) Old prints and other papers you’d like to incorporate
- (optional) Notebook or sketchbook for taking notes and/or working out ideas.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
April Flanders is a studio artist living and making in the mountains of Western North Carolina. A keen naturalist, her work has been featured in solo and group shows at museums and galleries nationally and internationally, including the Katzen Museum in Washington, D.C, the Center for the Book Arts, in New York, and the Global Print International, in Douro, Portugal. Recent honors include an online exhibition as a semi-finalist in the 92nd Annual Competition at the Print Center in Philadelphia, PA and a residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in Amherst, VA. Her work is in many public collections, including the Asheville Museum of Science, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Tucson Museum of Art. April holds a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University and she has taught printmaking for fourteen years at various universities nationally and internationally. Currently, she is a Professor of studio art at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Learn more about her work at www.aprilflanders.com.