Queer Art Club: Printmaking Workshop

Hosted by Queer Art Club

Queer Art Club presents a Printmaking Workshop with Annie Morrison

Calling all queers who want to learn how to print on textiles with their own hand carved stamps. In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll use the printmaking technique of hand carving Lino to make your own stamps with rubber blocks to create a single image or block to create a repeating pattern. Once you have a stamp it can be used over and over to keep printing. Come be with your queer community while we learn how to transform clothing into unique one of a kind pieces.

Please bring a few clothing or textile items that you want to transform with your printed images. These could be a t-shirt, a tote bag, or even your favourite overalls or shorts. When picking items to print, light coloured fabrics will work best.

Each participant will leave with the stamps they have made and the knowledge of how make their own stamps at home. We will talk about low cost options on other ways to make stamps like using vegetables and mixing your own fabric ink.

In this workshop with step-by-step guidance you will:

• Draw your image
• Transfer your image onto your stamp material
• Carve the image using traditional tools
• Ink and print the stamp as many times as you want
• You will leave with your stamp and your transformed clothing creations, and a solid knowledge of how to use this printmaking technique to keep creating at home

Annie Morrison is a queer artist and independent parent raising two gender diverse kids. Holding a BFA with Honours from OCADU in Toronto, Annie's practice investigates themes of gender, labour, resistance, and recovery. Annie and her sibling ran a window gallery on Dundas street “Fine and Dandy” showcasing emerging Toronto artists. Formally trained as a printmaker with a focus on experimental silkscreen processes, Annie has expanded her work to include sculpture, performance, and ephemeral social-media based photo and video projects. In recent years Annie's work has shifted to developing and participating in community based art projects in support of creating art as radical acts of care.

Host or Publisher Queer Art Club Toronto