This printmaking course offers an enjoyable learning experience as participants are introduced to basic relief printing – printing from the surface of the matrix. There is plenty of challenge for all ages. The project involves drawing and designing, but the participant doesn’t need to be experienced in either. As in all printmaking, there are a series of steps to follow, but these are not difficult, and once the participant understands the process experimentation is encouraged.
Goals & Outcomes
The main expectation for all ages will be that participants immerse themselves in the printmaking process for the duration of the workshop, becoming more curious and enthusiastic with each step. Optimally, by the end of the workshop:
Participants will have produced a one-of-a-kind printing plate and a series of successful prints they are pleased with.
They will understand the process well enough to be able to describe how they achieved the results.
They will have experienced the excitement we printmakers feel during the greater part of the printmaking process and the realization that printmaking in its many forms, is an art form they want to explore further.
Registration Fee: $40.00 Materials: $15.00. To reserve your spot, REGISTER HERE.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Margot Rocklen
Margot Rocklen lives in Connecticut. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University. She studied printmaking at CMU and Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy. Margot has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been on the arts faculty of Gateway Community College in New Haven and taught at Paier College of Art and the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School.
A founding member of the Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England, Margot has coordinated many of their programs and workshops. Recently she traveled to China with four PNSNE members to exhibit prints at the Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and conduct workshops for students at the Academy.
Margot works in several forms of printmaking including Japanese woodblock, monotype, and intaglio. She also creates sculptural composites in vitreous enamel on metal. Her art tends to be narrative, with a touch of irony. She combines elements from sketches and photographs, developing a design and palette that communicates a message. Her subject matter may be a current or historical issue, the significance of a word or object, or the tenuous relationship between humanity and nature. It is important to her that viewers sense the inspiration for work and consider its significance.
Margot has exhibited her prints and enamels primarily in the eastern U.S. Her work is held in private collections, museums, and university collections in the U.S. and Japan.