Cut to the Chase: Deep Dive into Reduction Linocut

Mondays, 6:00 - 8:30 PM

Four classes: March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th.

Non-members cost: $225

Materials fee: $40

Total price: $265

Discover the image-making, layering, and color possibilities of reduction linocut printmaking, while learning the tips and tricks of this challenging medium. Working with simple tools and techniques, as well as exploring the possibilities of color, artists will create an edition of three (or more)-color prints over four sessions. Some experience is suggested; beginners are welcome.

Students provide:

One Speedball (or similar) Linoleum Cutting Handle + Gouges (1, 2, 3, 5 & 6)

Resource images: The imagery you provide can be as simple as clip art-style, to something more complex like a photograph, writing, a constructed image/collage, or you can work abstractly. Whatever direction you choose, you’ll be working with this same image throughout our time together. You should provide the imagery printed out onto standard copy/printer paper in either color or grayscale/black and white, at 5x7”. Of course, you are also welcome to work directly on the block after seeing the demonstration and sample images. You may find yourself inspired to work more off the cuff once at the workshop. The more variety of resource images you provide, the better, as some images may not work for this process.

• Roll of Paper Towels
• Apron
• Pencil + Eraser and something in which to take notes
• Extra Fine Point Sharpie
• One Pad 9x12” Newsprint for transporting prints to and from the studio

Registration deadline is Sunday, February 23rd, at midnight

About the Instructor:

Dave DiMarchi is a queer, multi-disciplinary artist working in printmaking, papermaking and sculptural book forms. Nurturing ideas into singular and editioned works, he engages in a relentless material practice. As a multi-disciplinary artist, he has exhibited works on paper, installations and books in the US and internationally. In autumn of 2022, he was announced as the Arts Council of Princeton’s Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence, through which he developed a practice of collage-based multimedia and print works. He also serves as the Arts Council’s Printmaking Studios Manager and Master Printer, and is Instructor of Printmaking at Mercer College. For nearly 15 years, he has created his own work, curated exhibitions, provided print exchange opportunities, and published fine art prints as 9INHANDPRESS, a fine art printmaking and education studio located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

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