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Zoom+Make: Year of the Tiger Relief Printing
February 23, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$40.00An Online Workshop!
Wednesday, February 23, 7pm-9pm ET via Zoom
About this Workshop:
2022 marks the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac. Brave, charming, and confident, the tiger is said to be endowed with good luck. In this short form class you will learn how to carve and print using soft easy-carve relief blocks and a template design featuring the mighty tiger. Because everyone carves and makes marks differently in relief work, the fun will be in sharing how unique each person’s final print is compared to the template you started from. Best of all, you’ll have learned all the basic techniques to continue creating prints using your own designs after the class is over!
Level: Beginner – No experience necessary, just join us for lots of inky fun.
Registration closes February 14, 2022 to allow time for students to gather/purchase their materials. With your registration you’ll receive the full materials list (with helpful links) to purchase your items, any helpful handouts about the process, as well as a quick 1-page “how-to” on downloading and using the Zoom video app.
Image of project sample coming soon!
Please Note: The online session will be recorded for Pyramid Atlantic’s private use to better optimize our programming and share as examples for funders. You may mute your microphone or turn off your camera if you do not wish to be recorded. Access to the recording(s) will be made available to all participants for a limited time.
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
At registration, students will receive the full materials list (with any helpful links) to purchase supplies. The list includes:
- 1 speedy carve block, 3”x4”
- Tiger template (provided at registration), printed out and transferred to your block*
- Graphite or Charcoal pencil (for transferring the template to your block)*
- Linoleum cutter
- One tube or container of water soluble relief ink
- One 4″ soft brayer
- Baren
- Paper, any kind can work but thicker paper, like card stock, is best. If purchasing cards to print on, we recommend an A2 size such as these
- Plastic knife or popsicle stick (to mix ink or retrieve from container)
- A paper plate or baking sheet (to roll out ink on)
- Scrap paper or newsprint (to protect your work surface from ink)
- Paper towels or rags for clean up
* Note: Information on how to transfer your image to the plate, as well as the tiger image templates provided at registration.
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.
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.