The City Tech Printmaking Club will be holding its 3rd Annual Potato Valentine Printing (free to all) and will also have cards printed and hand-printed by members for sale.
Our first meeting was spectacular! We leapt into relief printing, and I have to say every single person rocked the world! Next week, we will continue with relief printing, working with linoleum and MDF plates! Now we will get ratified and get funds from the college to build materials, plan program, and delve further into the world of the multiple!
On May 7, in N1119 during Club Hours, the Printmaking Club had a spectacular workshop with artist Julia Elsas on simple bookbinding techniques.
Thank you all previous and new members who made it to the meeting, here is the recap for those who missed.
We learned about the techniques of creating the perfect screen print.
We printed 3 drawings
Here is a video link: Video 1
Images
We proposed a new idea:
NEXT MEETING: For this week we will be meeting promptly in room N1119 continue the stencils, printings, and start the new concept, food printing. Bring in a fruit or vegetable, nothing squishy.
Keep sending in your drawings to print, remember you pay $7 towards your screen and to get a lemst 5 prints of your awesome art work.
The PMC is kicking butt! We have settled on a general plan for the rest of the semester. We will print screen prints of student work after Spring Break, then add some stenciling and possibly relief printing from there. Join in the fun!
We are just starting to explore the stencil as a form. We welcome any student from any department. No art training? No problem!
Here is another design for the bottle jack press:
Here is some great pouchoir monoprints on an etching press:
And all that great graffiti out there? If it is not free hand, it is stencil-based, and depending on how the stencil is used it could be pouchoir.
March 5, N1120 | 12:45 – 2:15pm
Actually, some of this could be taken care of over email with the officers….
If you are a member:
David and I will take your files, create films, then bring in exposed screens and ink for you. You will need to supply your own paper when we print. Please note: if a lot of people sign up, we will have to figure out how to manage the project.
Location and date for printing to be decided.
I am watching this today as I work… it is delicious. Holy cow, I want to print gig posters all day.
I just watched a documentary that we all need to see: Art Is… The Permanent Revolution. It is a lovely paean to the art of the Print. Good stuff, on Netflix and you may be able to see it elsewhere.
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