Beginning Stencil Printing: Pochior with Carrie Ann Plank

In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to make your very own pochoir stencil print. Pochoir is a French printing technique that uses hand-cut stencils to layer color onto an image, creating rich, luminous surfaces.

Carrie Ann will guide you through the process, resulting in prints with soft veils of color and layered depth. The workshop will cover creating stencils and technical applications of ink. Students will learn how to use both positive and negative stencils, and how to build images through layering. The focus will be on experimentation and discovery. All materials will be provided, and each participant will leave with a finished work.

About the artist:

Carrie Ann Plank is a San Francisco based artist working in installation, printmaking, and painting. Focusing on layers of sophisticated geometry, Plank examines the space of intersecting patterns to describe new structures. The work utilizes mathematical equations to create multiple overlapping impressions that reveal additional distinct pattern formations. The resulting forms are space in between, the intercession, of concrete data.

Plank’s work is included in multiple collections including the Fine Art Archives of the Library of Congress, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the Guanlan Print Art Museum in China, Museum Meermanno in The Hague, Netherlands and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. Residencies include Black Church Print in Dublin Ireland, KALA in Berkeley, CA, Konstnärernas Kollektiva Grafikverkstad in Malmö, Sweden, Local Language, Oakland, CA, Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana in Havana, Cuba, the Íslensk Grafík in Reykjavik, Iceland, Edition/Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Mullowney Printing in San Francisco, CA, Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, ME, and Bullseye Glass in Emeryville, CA. Additionally, Plank has had a 20 year teaching career before devoting herself solely to her artist practice in 2018. Plank is active in the Bay Area arts community serving on boards and committees such as Root Division, California Society of Printmakers, and Art for AIDS.

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