PRINTCAMP 2018 prep !

All Print Media Workshop(PRINTCAMP!) 2018 (June 2 - 10) is for serious established artists and printmakers who want to expand their practice.
The intent is to create a coherent, hard- working/learning printmaking community under the direction of Shelley Thorstensen.
Six participants are chosen through application. Applicants are asked for a proposal in part so that the workshop is weighted evenly in terms of media - and one area is not used or neglected more than another. This will ensure the best use of the shop and materials.
In the mornings, Shelley Thorstensen will begin the workshop with a series of demonstrations and ideas on printing, intaglio, lithography and silkscreen combinations - stencils, a la poupeé, chine collé, viscosity, multiple plates, relief, collage, and digital media.
Possible topics that could come up are how to seamlessly incorporate handwork such as drypoint and mezzotint on various substrates, editioned monoprint, paper and polyester photo litho, hand-worked and photo based collagraphs, photocopy transfer, handmade rubber stamp patterning for chine colle, registration systems that are best suited to individual needs, considerations for content, scale, series, multiplicity, format, paper choice, and available matrices.
Participants can work in one or more of these mediums, in combination or separately: Etching on copper, drypoint on plexiglass, stone/plate/photo/prontoplate lithography, silkscreen,wood/lino cut, plaster prints, monoprints, gelatin prints.
All participants will camp on the grounds next to the house and the 2000 square foot print shop. Camping makes the workshop less expensive than staying in motels, creates an all day experience and promotes a strong printmaking community. This is not a wilderness adventure! The property is a secluded acre on the edge of Oxford. There are showers, and bathrooms, the kitchen is open, there’s password protected wifi and we’re less than ten minutes walking distance to downtown. PMOF will supply the tents and the air mattresses.
more info and application at www.printmakersopenforum.org

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