Learn new printmaking techniques, get new inspiration and enjoy the summer breeze in Peconic.
Master printmaker Lorena Salcedo-Watson will lead a full two day workshop in intaglio printing in a fully equipped studio overlooking the bay.
Lorena Salcedo-Watson is a Professor of Practice, Drawing and Printmaking at Stony Brook University and a 14 year veteran at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in Bay Shore, NY. She has worked with Elizabeth Murray, Terry Winters, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Kiki Smith, Suzanne McClelland, Carroll Dunham, Susan Rothenberg, Julian Lethbridge, Jane Hammond, Lisa Yuskavage, Ellen Gallagher, and Malcolm Morley.
June 28 and 29, 10am - 4pm
Explore dry-point intaglio printmaking techniques. This course will introduce intaglio printmaking techniques while working with a very user-friendly material for creating imagery. Students will become familiar with the process of developing their imagery on plates and operating an etching press.
The workshop will focus on nontoxic materials and printmaking techniques. Students will be working on acrylic plates with water-based inks and quality printmaking papers.
This 2-day workshop is suitable for artists with any degree of experience with printmaking.
Overview of our session together:
- Introduction to Intaglio
- Printing demonstration
- Drawing and printing a small test plate to become familiar with mark-making possibilities
- Developing imagery on plates
- Proofing
- Exploring different printing and wiping possibilities and multiple-plate printing
What to bring:
- Ideas
- Students should come with a sketchbook for developing ideas or images to copy
All materials and catered lunch included.
