WORKSHOP: EXPLORING LINOCUT

Learn the process, tools, and materials for relief printing and continue your creative explorations at home. This workshop is open to all experience levels.

Please bring ideas, drawings, and reference materials for your design. There will also be some ready-to-transfer designs available too. Blocks provided will be 5”x7” so design for that size or smaller. You will leave the class with a 5”x7” carved block and finished prints. You'll also get a list of materials and where you can find everything you need to continue your journey with linocut printing.

A minimum of 9 students is required to run the workshop; refunds if cancelled.

This workshop is open to all experience levels. Ages 18+ ONLY.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Kathryn Anderson is an artist and printmaker living in Tacoma. Classically trained in the visual arts, Kathryn studied at The Art Students League in Manhattan, N.Y., and was a Fine Arts Printmaking major at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She sells her work internationally and is represented by galleries in Washington State. She is a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Northwest, and Puget Sound Group Northwest Artists.

Her work focuses mainly on printmaking, specifically linocut and copper plate etching.

She is also drawn to other mediums that have their roots in ancient techniques such as Silverpoint drawing. This work is her passion as she believes there is a bit of magic in the reveal of every print that is made by hands, head, and heart.

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