Windsor Printmakers Forum

APRIL

INTRODUCTION TO STONE LITHOGRAPHY

April 18-19, 2009 :: 9 am to 3 pm :: $300 (includes $50 1-year membership)
$250 for current WPF members

This two-day intensive course will provide you with all the basic skills for full-colour stone lithography. Learn how to prepare, etch and print a lithographic image using both additive and subtractive methods. All materials are included in the course fee. Limited to 5 participants.

MAY

LETTERPRESS BASICS

May 16, 2009 :: 9 am to 3 pm :: $200 (includes $50 1-year membership)
$150 for current WPF members

Explore the relationship between typography and image, learn how to set movable type and print it using a power-driven Vandercook proofing press. All materials are included in the course fee. Limited to 10 participants.

WOOD INTAGLIO

May 17, 2009 :: 9 am to 3 pm :: $200 (includes $50 1-year membership)
$150 for current WPF members

An introduction to the use of side-grain woodblocks as a matrix for intaglio printing. Participants will create a wood intaglio image and test print it using Western and Japanese papers. All materials are included in the course fee. Limited to 10 participants.

WHOA, HOLD ON! Register now for BOTH May courses and pay a super-special print weekend extravaganza rate of only $300 ($250 for WPF members). What a deal!

JUNE

INTRODUCTION TO SCREENPRINTING

June 7, 2009 :: 9 am to 3 pm :: $200 (includes $50 1-year membership)
$150 for current WPF members

This course covers the basic steps for producing full-colour images using silkscreen. Learn how to print posters, cd sleeves, fabric, shirts and more in this hands-on course. Limited to 10 participants.

To register, please contact the studio at 519-253-9493 or by e-mail: jodi@jodigreen.ca

On February 16th and 17th, the Forum hosted a two-day whirlwind intro to stone lithography. Three enthusiastic participants happily gave up valuable vacation time during their spring break in order to grind stone, sling chemicals and get inky in the cold basement studio with instructor Jodi Green. We managed to get through stone graining, drawing, etching, printing, deletions, counteretching, additions and colour printing in just ten hours of studio time, and had a blast doing it.

Applying rosin to the stone

Applying the etch

Rolling up

See more photos from the workshop and other Windsor Printmaker’s Forum events at the WPF flickr group page.