Last year Artisan Media worked closely with two British master printmakers Merlyn Chesterman, Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and Rod Nelson, to produce a 2-hour DVD and download ‘Making Woodblock Prints’. This two-hour workshop covers nine topics, presenting an easy to follow introduction to the ancient art of woodblock printing.
Written by Debra Norton for The Star, June 8th 2019. Published online here. Nancy Jacobi, Founder of The Japanese Paper Place Nancy Jacobi has been passionate about traditional Japanese washi paper since she discovered the handmade paper while teaching English in Japan forty years ago. “It was everywhere at that…
"I have, for my whole life, worked with wood and that has undoubtedly helped me with some aspects of woodblock printmaking. Although I have been making woodcuts for many years now, I am still continually excited by the potential of this ancient medium. Woodcut makes images that simply can not…
Sharon Wolpoff in her studio We’re very pleased that artist Sharon Wolpoff was keen to answer our ‘Seven Questions for a Printmaker’ series. A law graduate from the American University, where she also received her Masters in Fine Arts, she discovered printmaking during her junior year abroad while studying at the Tyler School…
Julia Timmins 1. Do you remember the first print you ever made? I don’t remember the very first print that I made but it was a mono print in a night class I attended. The earliest print that I remember making was a linoprint, I turned up to the night…
Please note: This article was written by Paula Huisman of the Japanese Paper Place in Toronto, Canada. It was posted to our blog in 2019 by Sarah Edmonds. What kind of washi should I use for my etching, dry point, lithograph, linocut, woodcut, collograph, silkscreen or monoprint? It may seem…
'Peeling an Orange' linocut by Anita Klein Seven Questions for a Printmaker ~ Anita Klein You may already know the work of Anita Klein – the almond shaped eyes of her subjects, the mother and child embraces that are charming and immediately identifiable. Everyday subjects presented with a simplicity that…
Why is it that making prints in a new place is so invigorating? I really don't know, but I love it. Perhaps it's something about mixing the familiar with the unknown. The excitement of something new and different, amidst the universality of the smells, the tools, the equipment etc. is…
1. Do you remember the first print you ever made? I could reminisce about first experiences of lino printing back in my college days, studying for an Art & Design A-Level, but it was not until some 20 years later that I made my first print as an adult –…
by Sarah Malone Carnline, US Sales Manager for Cranfield Colours Sarah Malone Carnline, US Sales Manager at Cranfield Colours I was talking with colleagues about how Print Day in May brings together so many people and highlights the differences between printmakers and other artist! Painters and sculptors are generally a…