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This class has prerequisites. Please see the description below before registering.

With your introductory level of linocut printmaking skills in your tool-box, it’s time to take it to the next level! This class will explore several linocut printmaking techniques that you can use to create multi-color relief prints.

Techniques taught in this workshop:

Multiblock printmaking.

• Using more than one linoleum block to create multi-layer prints.
  
  

Reduction printmaking:

• Using one block which is carved and printed repeatedly to create a multi-color print.
  
  

Selective inking techniques:

• Inking different colors on one block
• Rainbow rolls and gradients
  
  

Registration techniques:

• Learning how to make sure your blocks and paper line up perfectly!
• We will talk about several techniques and use Ternes-Burton pins for registration.
  
  

We will be carving on unmounted ‘Battleship Gray Linoleum’ printing blocks. We will be printing on Somerset Satin paper and some Awagami Japanese paper. All materials will be provided.

Details:

• Prerequisites: Introduction to Linocut Printmaking. This class is being offered August 20th. Please click here to register.
• Bring a simple design that you would like to use for this project. The blocks will be 6 inches square, so design to fit that size. (or play with some pre-made designs that we will have on hand)

• Please bring a lunch. We have a kitchen on the lower floor next to the Print & Book Arts studio with a refrigerator and microwave.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
  
• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here. 
  
  

Instructor Bio:

Kathryn Anderson (she/her) is an artist and printmaker living in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Classically trained in the visual arts, Kathryn studied at The Art Students League in Manhattan, N.Y., and was a Fine Arts Printmaking major at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. Kathryn sells her work internationally and is represented by two galleries in Washington State.

Her highly detailed work strives to capture the beauty, mystery, stories, and imagery that moves her spirit. She is most inspired by our natural world, and many of her works show the influence of her gardening, birdwatching, and excursions into the wild. She is captivated by the small details of the beauty she sees around her. By really studying her subjects, be they flora, fauna, or the human form, she feels that she better understands their essence and knows them more deeply.

Kathryn’s work focuses mainly on printmaking, specifically linocut and etching. The process of printmaking is a very old hands-on process, from the concept and drawing through the carving of the linoleum, or the very process-heavy method of preparing, etching, and individually printing the copper plate by hand. This work is her passion.

There is a bit of magic in the reveal of every print that is made by hand, head, and heart. Printmaking also makes art more accessible to everyone. Website (Portfolio): https://www.ktastudio.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathy.traxler.anderson