Now Showing Through August!
Unexpected Narratives:
Explorations Between Photography and Printmaking
Opening Reception: Friday, July 12th, 5-8pm
Show runs through August 31st, 2019
Angela Casagrande Michael Reiger Mizin Shin
Tea & biscuits with a dove for company Monday Night Special Walk Together
Archival inkjet on vellum, Dutch gold Photo Etching Photo Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint
Tea & biscuits with a dove for company Monday Night Special Walk Together
Archival inkjet on vellum, Dutch gold Photo Etching Photo Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint
Upcoming classes
Eclectic Alchemy: Photography & Etching as Gateways to Interpretation and Transformation - September 13th - 15th
$382.96
Instructor: Lihie Talmor
Winner of the 5th Annual International Print Exhibition
Three-day Workshop
http://www.talmorlihie.com/
Class Date: Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 13th - 15th
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, includes lunch break
Class fee: $355.00 + tax
Tap into the creative synergy unleashed by these two powerful forms of intaglio! Push your work into new levels of conceptual clarity and technical expression. The creative edge of contemporary printmaking is emerging from the combination of different traditions of printmaking. Step into the current!
This is a special chance to work with guest teacher Lihie Talmor. Talmor is an Israeli artist who divides her time between Israel and Venezuela and has shown her bold, thought-provoking work throughout the world. This comprehensive three-day workshop, open to artists of all experience levels, will explore how a printed image can shift from the photographic to the graphic mode and what can be gained from their combination. By working with two plates—the first etched from the projection of a photograph and the second made through traditional etching techniques, we will create a composite image that brings together photography’s power to record and etching’s power to invent. Participants should bring a digital file of a photographic image with which they wish to work. Knowledge of copper-plate etching techniques is useful, but not necessary.
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Malleable Monotype with Sarah Smelser - September 7th and 8th
$258.90
Monotype is an exceptionally accessible and immediate medium that can accommodate the aesthetic of any artist. It can be a vehicle to work out ideas, generate a large body of finished works, or create the ingredients of a work to be compiled and combined with collage, painting or drawing.
This workshop will introduce monotype as a painterly medium, a hard-edged, exacting medium, and a draftsperson's medium. Participating artists will work with brushes, stencils, and various drawing implements. We will print on the intaglio press and by hand, learn about color and ink modification, use stencils and ghost printing, explore trace monotype, and print on both Asian and Western paper.
Participating artists are welcome to bring existing plates to generate monoprints and work spontaneously on Plexiglas. Beginners and experienced printmakers are welcome and are encouraged to bring source material/sketches to use as a springboard. Class schedule allows for demonstration, discussion, trouble-shooting and work time.
Sarah is based in Bloomington IL, where she is co-founder of Manneken Press with husband Master Printer Jonathan Higgins. Manneken Press is a fine art print publishing venture, currently thriving in Bloomington, IL, working with artists from around the world
http://sarahsmelser.com
Class date: September 7th and 8th, 2019
Class time: 10 AM- 5 PM (lunch break included)
Class fee: $240 + tax, all materials will be supplied
Instructor: Sarah Smelser
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This workshop will introduce monotype as a painterly medium, a hard-edged, exacting medium, and a draftsperson's medium. Participating artists will work with brushes, stencils, and various drawing implements. We will print on the intaglio press and by hand, learn about color and ink modification, use stencils and ghost printing, explore trace monotype, and print on both Asian and Western paper.
Participating artists are welcome to bring existing plates to generate monoprints and work spontaneously on Plexiglas. Beginners and experienced printmakers are welcome and are encouraged to bring source material/sketches to use as a springboard. Class schedule allows for demonstration, discussion, trouble-shooting and work time.
Sarah is based in Bloomington IL, where she is co-founder of Manneken Press with husband Master Printer Jonathan Higgins. Manneken Press is a fine art print publishing venture, currently thriving in Bloomington, IL, working with artists from around the world
http://sarahsmelser.com
Class date: September 7th and 8th, 2019
Class time: 10 AM- 5 PM (lunch break included)
Class fee: $240 + tax, all materials will be supplied
Instructor: Sarah Smelser
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Mokuhanga Printmaking! Create rich, textured prints without a press - July 20
$129.45
Mokuhanga Printmaking!
This class will be given by master printmaker Dan Noyes. It is a comprehensive introduction to Japanese Mokuhanga printing. This type of printing involves relief printing, stencil printing, and wood grain printing.
The paper used is washi and rice paper-thin Asian paper known for unique texture.
Japanese Mokuhanga printing is one of the oldest types of printmaking combing relief, stencils and wood grain. Images are transferred from the carved block to both sides of uniquely textured Asian washi paper using a hand-held tool called a baren. The earliest types of prints in China using this method were Buddhist prints; Mokuhanga printing was used to substitute laborious copying of texts and images.
Class date: Saturday, July 20, 2019
Class time: 10 AM- 5 PM (lunch break included)
Class fee: $120 + tax, all materials will be supplied
Instructor: Dan Noyes
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Explorations in Relief Printing: Introduction to the Reductive Woodcut - September 28 & 29
$258.90
**Rescheduled New Dates!**
Explorations in Relief Printing: Introduction to the Reductive Woodcut
Instructor: Hollis Moore
Weekend Workshop
Class dates: Saturday & Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2019
Class time: 10 AM – 5 PM, includes lunch break
Class fee: $240 + tax, includes all printing materials and one large paper (divided in quarters.) Additional paper may be purchased.
In this workshop Hollis Moore will teach participants how to plan, carve, and edition a multi-layered reductive woodcut print. Participants will learn methods for mixing and printing transparent and opaque layers of ink. Some color theory will be introduced.
Traditional color woodcuts are printed from separate blocks, one created for each color. In reduction woodcut the colors are all printed from one block, each color in succession (usually light to dark), as the original surface of the block is cut away or reduced. By the time the final image accumulates the entire woodblock is reduced and can no longer be reprinted. This produces rich, layered, painterly prints.
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Photo-Encaustic Workshop - October 26 - 27, 2019
$258.90
Photo-Encaustic
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 - 27, 2019
Two Day Workshop
The process of adding melted beeswax and resin to photographs produces a rich alchemy of color and texture to create something new and often unexpected. Learn the basics of photo mounting on wood, wax application, pigments, collage, textures and more to three small panels per day. This course will cover studio basics, paper choices, encaustic pouring and painting, and other methods such as glazing, scraping, and photocopy transfer. Proper tools, studio methods and safety procedures will be discussed. All levels welcome.
Class dates: Saturday & Sunday, October 26 - 27, 2019
Class time: 10 AM – 5 PM, includes lunch break
Class fee: $ 240 + tax, all paper and materials will be supplied
Instructor: Carol Mell, Photographer
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New Class! Take the Plunge I with Catherine Kernan: Printmaking with Akua Soy-Based Inks - August 1, 2 & 3
$496.23
3-day workshop with Catherine Kernan
**Sold Out**
Instructor: Catherine Kernan
Class Dates: Thursday - Saturday, August 1st-3rd
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, includes lunch break
Class fee: 460.00 + tax
A thorough introduction to the modifying and use of Akua Intaglio inks for monotype and monoprint. This workshop will cover basics in an organized and sequential way. The focus will be on making sample prints at a small scale as a record of experiments and demonstrations. It is important to listen, watch, read, do, and repeat each process in order to really understand the behavior of the inks.
This workshop offers the context, information, and inspiration to create richly layered monotypes and monoprints, both as singles and in series. As the workshop progresses, individuals may develop their own approach and projects. No toxic fumes and extended workability of the inks make it a liberating experience.
Artists new to printmaking and Akua Inks, as well as experienced printmakers are welcome. Extensive notes on printmaking topics and techniques will be available for a small additional cost. As always, I will teach to each individual to the greatest extent possible.
Catherine Kernan is a nationally known printmaker specializing in the use of the non-toxic Akua Inks.
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**Sold Out**
Instructor: Catherine Kernan
Class Dates: Thursday - Saturday, August 1st-3rd
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, includes lunch break
Class fee: 460.00 + tax
A thorough introduction to the modifying and use of Akua Intaglio inks for monotype and monoprint. This workshop will cover basics in an organized and sequential way. The focus will be on making sample prints at a small scale as a record of experiments and demonstrations. It is important to listen, watch, read, do, and repeat each process in order to really understand the behavior of the inks.
This workshop offers the context, information, and inspiration to create richly layered monotypes and monoprints, both as singles and in series. As the workshop progresses, individuals may develop their own approach and projects. No toxic fumes and extended workability of the inks make it a liberating experience.
Artists new to printmaking and Akua Inks, as well as experienced printmakers are welcome. Extensive notes on printmaking topics and techniques will be available for a small additional cost. As always, I will teach to each individual to the greatest extent possible.
Catherine Kernan is a nationally known printmaker specializing in the use of the non-toxic Akua Inks.
See our Cancellation Policy:
Take the Plunge II with Catherine Kernan: Deep Explorations in Ink Interaction: Monotype and Monoprint with Akua Soy-based Inks - August 5th-7th
$496.23
**Sold Out**
3-day workshop with Catherine Kernan
Instructor: Catherine Kernan
Class Dates: Monday - Wednesday August 5th-7th
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, includes lunch break
Class fee: 460.00 + tax
Through an intensive exploration of inks and ink modifiers, this workshop offers the context, information, and inspiration to create richly layered monotypes and monoprints, both as singles and in series using soy-based Akua inks. This workshop will focus on exploiting the possibilities of viscosity techniques to yield results that cannot be achieved any other way. Taking advantage of ink interactions and developing multi-color prints from layering inks on a single plate. It will cover many approaches, both traditional and experimental, including: trace transfer, reductive, additive, and viscosity monotype on a variety of matrices. We will explore resists as stencils and add dimension through relief blocks, stamps, texture tools and stencils. No toxic fumes and extended workability of the inks make it a liberating experience.
Artists new to printmaking and Akua Inks, as well as experienced printmakers are welcome. Extensive notes on printmaking topics and techniques will be available for a small additional cost.
Catherine Kernan is a nationally known printmaker specializing in the use of the non-toxic Akua Inks.
Special Opportunity with this class: Extend your experience of Catherine Kernan's workshop with two days of studio time (August 8th and 9th) in our fully equipped studio. $200.00
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3-day workshop with Catherine Kernan
Instructor: Catherine Kernan
Class Dates: Monday - Wednesday August 5th-7th
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, includes lunch break
Class fee: 460.00 + tax
Through an intensive exploration of inks and ink modifiers, this workshop offers the context, information, and inspiration to create richly layered monotypes and monoprints, both as singles and in series using soy-based Akua inks. This workshop will focus on exploiting the possibilities of viscosity techniques to yield results that cannot be achieved any other way. Taking advantage of ink interactions and developing multi-color prints from layering inks on a single plate. It will cover many approaches, both traditional and experimental, including: trace transfer, reductive, additive, and viscosity monotype on a variety of matrices. We will explore resists as stencils and add dimension through relief blocks, stamps, texture tools and stencils. No toxic fumes and extended workability of the inks make it a liberating experience.
Artists new to printmaking and Akua Inks, as well as experienced printmakers are welcome. Extensive notes on printmaking topics and techniques will be available for a small additional cost.
Catherine Kernan is a nationally known printmaker specializing in the use of the non-toxic Akua Inks.
Special Opportunity with this class: Extend your experience of Catherine Kernan's workshop with two days of studio time (August 8th and 9th) in our fully equipped studio. $200.00
See our Cancellation Policy:
New Grounds was one of the first completely non-toxic professional print workshops in the world. In business for more than 20 years, it is an internationally recognized institution dedicated to providing artists with press access, classes, exhibition opportunities and other printmaking related services.
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