Asheville, NC
$635.00
TIME: 10:00 to 4:00 each day - with a 1/2 hour lunch break.
This 3 day printmaking workshop will be taught by Guest Printmaker & Educator Jeffrey Hirst. To learn about Jeffrey and his printmaking please scroll to the Bio at the bottom of this listing.
Join Chicago based printmaker Jeffrey Hirst for this intensive course where you will be creating imagery that incorporates a multiple of printing passes.
While technical information will be covered in this class, the emphasis will be on image making and each students aesthetic vision.
Akua ink will be used during the workshop for all its wonderful properties of color, transparency and clean up.
The class will include a slide presentation and videos viewing as well as individual meetings and a class review of work.
The techniques that will be covered include:
Drypoint and using found materials for printing.
Creating carborundum collagraph printing plates. A carborudum print is made using a metal grit that is glued to a printing plate. The plate is then inked and printed on an etching press. Carborundum prints produce rich tonal passages and are very tactile in surface textures.
Chine Colle - a process where lighter papers are collages onto heavy papers using an etching press to apply pressure.
Monoprinting.
Materials needed for this innovative workshop are mostly covered by the included materials fee. A short additional student supply list will be emailed to you after you sign up. Some paper will be provided and additional paper can be purchased at the studio.
Workshop limited to 8 participants.
Workshop held at Asheville Print Studio: Riverview Station - Studio #108, 191 Lyman Street, River Arts District, Asheville, NC
Workshop Fee: $585 Materials Fee: $50 TOTAL COST: $635
ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION DAY with Jeffery Hirst is available! For more info CLICK HERE.
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JEFFREY HIRST
Jeffrey has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe since 1987. He has his MFA from Louisiana State University and BFA from the University of Minnesota. His work has been showcased at national and international venues including the Minneapolis Institute of Art; McLean Projects for the Arts, VA; McKinney Contemporary, Dallas, and Bienal do Douro, Portugal.
Hirst is a recipient of the numerous grants and was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland where he has gone on four residencies. Hirst is represented by Addington Gallery in Chicago and Brandt-Roberts Galleries in Columbus, OH and his work is in numerous public and private collections in The U.S., Portugal and Ireland.
In 2021, Hirst co-founded Catalyst Art Lab and teaches encaustic and printmaking workshops across the U.S. Canada, Mexico and Ireland.
To learn more about this artist and their printmaking CLICK HERE.