Block Printing on Fabric

with Erika Busse

Friday, August 28 | 1 – 3 pm

In this 2-hour course, Erika will teach you how to make a relief block and print it from start to finish. This is a great intro course for anyone looking to learn more about printmaking or for a fun experience with art to take home. Relief printing is a reduction process, carving out an image onto a stamp. Erika will teach you how to make a design, transfer it to the block, and how to carve it. Then you will get to print your block onto tea towels with her guidance. You will make a unique work of art and get to take home your tea towel and block.

Erika Busse is a full-time artist in Asheville, NC, working to bring joy and whimsy back to life through art making. Deeply inspired by the Appalachian Mountains, she makes printmaking and paintings inspired by it, connecting her to others who share this love for nature. She moved to Asheville after graduating from the University of Alabama in 2017 to pursue her art career and has been teaching painting and printmaking since 2021.

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