Participants will be introduced to wood and paper types, carving tools, inks, brayers, and tools for making the impression on the paper (a small wooden burnisher, and a conventional “etching and relief” press).
The instructor will discuss how to store and safely transport paper, ink, tools, and equipment so that participants can set up shop in their own home studio (possibly a kitchen table), or bring equipment for use in the print room at Art Students League of Denver.
“Loaner” carving tools are available for use as needed.
There will be brief demos of steps of the process each class period, to familiarize participants with tried-and-true details of the process of making handsome woodcut prints.
We will also briefly discuss multi-block color prints, and color/reduction woodcut prints.
Meeting #1: Introductions, Safety info; Intro to wood, paper, ink, tools, etc.; Demo of transfer of drawing to block; Participants transfer drawing to block; Demo of carving; Participants begin carving block. Meeting #2: Demo of carving; participants carve blocks. Demo of inking block and printing with hand burnishing tool. Meeting #3: Demo of carving; participants carve blocks. Demo of inking block and printing with printing press. Participants ink and print blocks. Meeting #4 Demo of carving; participants carve blocks. Demo of inking. Participants print blocks.
Students should have some drawing experience.
