Workshops
Explore creative techniques to produce unique, one-of-a-kind monoprints using various materials and methods in this hands-on online class. Perfect for artists of all levels looking to expand their printmaking skills and experiment with a versatile, expressive medium.
Dates:
Nov 2, 2024 - Nov 2, 2024
Levels:
Beginner,
Intermediate,
Workshop Fee: $195
Workshop Duration: 6 hours (Saturday, 10am-4pm ET)
Workshop Location: Online
Class Size: 10
Note: This workshop will be held in a live, online format utilizing the Zoom platform.
Class meets on Saturdays, Nov 2 from 10am-4pm ET.
A monotype is sometimes referred to as the “painterly print” and is loosely defined as a one-of-a-kind, non-replicable print created by transferring an image from an inked ‘plate’ to paper or other receptive surface. Monotypes are often printed on an etching press, but they don’t have to be!
In this one-day online workshop, we’ll explore the possibilities of trace monotype and other hand-printed monotype techniques in our virtual studio. We’ll spend some time with the history of hand-printed monotype prints as well as contemporary examples, and Lucky will demo techniques using an overhead camera. Participants are encouraged to follow along with the demo as we aim for a sense of all creating in a studio together.
Demos will include prompts to inspire imagery and students will also receive a materials list, syllabus, and some pre-workshop prompts to prepare for the workshop day. In addition to demos for each technique, there will be camera-on studio time for working together in the virtual studio, as well as sharing of work and feedback.
Supplies to purchase (Approximately $50):
Akua ink: Choose the sample set or at least one color of your preference. Akua ink options.
Plexi (6 x 8) size: Plexi options.
Brayer 3”: Order at least one, but 2-3 are handy of various sizes 3” minimum. Brayer options.
Fabriano Unica Paper: You will be able to get 4 prints per sheet. There is a price discount when purchasing 10 sheets or more. Order as many sheets as you like and think you will use. Fabriano Unica Paper options.
Supplies you will need on hand
- Scrap paper or newsprint
- Spray bottle to dampen paper or a tray to submerge paper
- Paper towel
- Miscellaneous mark-making tools
- Paint brushes – a variety of sizes
- Cotton swabs
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Container of soapy water
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Instructor: Lucky Platt
Author-illustrator Lucky Platt creates books for children in her lakeside rural Maine studio. She works in a range of traditional art mediums, and her stories explore themes of resilience, healing, positive self expression and inclusion. She has presented art and writing workshops for children and adults through the Maine Crafts Association, Schoodic Arts for All, the Maine Arts Commission and Rockland Public Library, and has shown her artwork in galleries and non-traditional/unexpected art spaces in Maine and New York. In early 2020, she left her work as an arts administrator to devote all of her time to writing and illustrating. She has created two self-published picture books on commission; Imagine a Wolf (Page Street Kids, January 2021) is her debut picture book for the trade market. Lucky is a two-time recipient of an Individual Artist Project Grant from the Maine Arts Commission (2016, 2020), a two-time recipient of an Anderson Ranch Art Center scholarship (2019, 2020), and a recipient of an Ox-Bow Artists’Residency scholarship for printmaking (2004). She studied painting, drawing and printmaking at Vassar College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Complutense City University of Madrid, and has enriched her craft with workshops at the Maine Women Writers’Collection, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Farnsworth Art Museum and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts among others.