Screenprinting (Tuesday)
Adult Class | Available
Discover the fundamentals of screen printing, a versatile printmaking technique that transforms your designs into stencils for application on surfaces like fabric, paper, and more. This course introduces the essentials of coating and exposing screens, mixing inks, and setting up a reliable printing workspace. You’ll create prints using both analog and digital methods, exploring how mark-making, collage, and photography can enhance graphic and textural elements.
What You Will Learn:
- Gain confidence in pulling a screenprint through group and individual instruction
- Produce a one- to two-color edition of 12 prints
- Explore a range of stencil-making techniques used in screenprinting
- Understand the possibilities of the medium through hands-on practice and examples of contemporary and historical work
- Set personal goals for the course, informed by your own sketches, ideas, or previous work (printed or non-printed)
Who This Class is For:
All levels including true beginners. Questions about whether this class is right for you? Email adulteducation@fleisher.org.
Start the term with these supplies:
- Sketchbook/notebook, and something to write with.
- Also, if possible, please bring any sketches or examples of previous artwork that you think could become ideas for silkscreen.
Other supplies to be discussed:
- Protective gloves, such as dishwashing type
- Water-based Textile or Permanent Acrylic Screenprinting Inks, in 8-oz. containers [note: do not bring water-soluble inks — read labels carefully.] Definitely buy black, white, and the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. You may, of course, buy any other colors you like.
- Plastic pint- or quart-size containers with lids for storing mixed ink
- Printmaking paper (archival rag paper) — at least 4 sheets, 22 X 30 inches Recommended: Lennox and Arches 88 Silkscreen, or any smooth printmaking paper — such as Rives BFK, Arches Cover, Stonehenge, etc.
- 18 x 24 inch newsprint paper pad
- Roll of masking tape, 3/4- inch to 1-inch wide
- Portfolio — may be low-priced cardboard variety
- • Storage for inks and class supplies: cardboard box, plastic box, or a sturdy bag
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