Visiting Artist Series: Printmaking with Sue Oehme

Visiting Artist Series: Printmaking with Sue Oehme

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

Printroom

All

3/9/2024-3/10/2024

9:00 AM-4:00 PM MDT on Sun Sat

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$312.00

$265.20

$25.00

Watercolor and Oil Collagraph Monoprints

 

Students will learn collagraph platemaking using plexi and mat boards as substrates, including using carborundum aquatint, and various inking techniques such as relief rolling, wiping, rubbings, and à la poupée (multiple simultaneous colors). We will start with a brief introduction with watercolor monotypes, that can be used with the collagraph technique.

 

Day One

We will start with a brief description and “show and tell” of example prints. (30 minutes)

 

Demo: How to prepare the vellum substrate with Gum Arabic

Mixing paints with Gum. Paint application.

Students work on 9 x 12 pieces of vellum.

 

Demo: paper preparation and calendaring

Arches 88 paper

Pull first round of prints.

 

Afternoon demo: Making collagraph plates to go with the watercolor technique.

Finish all plate building and coating with acrylic by the end of the first day, so the plates can dry sufficiently.

 

Recap first day.

 

Day Two

Discuss additional use of cut stencils – blocking, adding more color

 

Demo: ink application onto plates, using tarlatan and tissue

Rolling ink onto stencils with brayers

Relief rolling collagraph plates

 

Everyone will print as many pieces as possible the remainder of the day.

  • Supplies are provided and you're welcome to bring any supplies of your own if you like.

Sue Oehme is founder and principal of Oehme Graphics in Steamboat Springs (CO), one of the country’s leading fine print publishers. Susan received her BFA in printmaking and painting from the University of Michigan and continued her print education at NYU. Prior to her move to Colorado, she printed at Tyler Graphics (NYC) with artists Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell. She has taught numerous print workshops at institutions across the country including University of Denver, Boston University, Scripps College, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Women’s Studio Workshop, Brandeis University and Northwestern University.