Mad Science Monotype

Mad Science Monotype

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

Printroom

Intermediate

4/23/2023-5/21/2023

1:00 PM-4:00 PM MDT on Sun

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$262.50

$223.12

$5.00

Mad Science monotypes is for artists who would like to expand their tool box for monotype and printmaking techniques. Cheap, up-cycled materials are used to add repeatable elements of relief, drypoint, collograph to one-of-a-kind monotypes. Trace monotype and a basic print room refresher are also included.

Monotype Starter or Monotype Blast are suggested prerequisites; other printmaking classes are also acceptable.

  • Day 1: Refresher with drypoint
    Day 2: More drypoint, trace monotype
    Day 3: Relief
    Day 4: Collograph and choice
    Day 5: Collograph and choice
  • 5 sheets printing paper, such as Rives BFK, or Arches or Canson or Arnhem. Only 1 sheet is needed for the first session. There are smaller, lightweight versions of Rives or Arches if you are on a budget. There are also pads of print papers in various sizes by Strathmore and others.
    1 small tube black OIL BASED etching ink, litho ink, or any good printmaker's ink. Brands such as Charbonnell, Gamblin make nice ones, Speedball will work if you are on a budget. Akua inks are fine, too, though most of the demos and some of the techniques are geared to oil-based.
    Masking tape
    Mylar (Duralar, etc) acetate sheets for stenciling and Collograph. 1-2 81/2 x11” sheets are fine to start.

    Optional:
    1 small tube white ink, similar to above
    Assorted colored inks, similar to above (there are often leftover inks at the League that you can try before you buy)
    Tarlaton printmaker’s cloth
    Apron (a few available at ASLD)
    Nitrile gloves
    Small 2" brayer ( The League has larger ones)
    A rag or two for each session
    Plastic grocery bag to take your rags home.
    Pallette knife.
    Other up-cycled household fabrics and materials will be discussed in class.

I work in monotype and my pictures deal with the vexations of making connections of the spirit. The images are representational, but also conceptual and symbolic. I use distressed landscapes as a metaphor for the uncertainties of life, or interiors to express ineffable messages of the heart. I've shown in many venues including Boulder Art Center, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, and the Aspen Art Museum . In 1988, I was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the Colorado Council on the Arts. http://www.joehigginsmonotypes.com