Relief printing is the oldest and most direct method of making an impression on paper. Participants in this workshop will experience the medium of linoleum by designing and cutting their own bold, simple design motifs inspired by natural forms. The unique properties of linoleum will be explored through the consideration of line quality, texture, pattern and the relationship between negative and positive shapes. Participants will create a personal inventory of designs on same sized blocks which they will use to experiment with a variety of printing options in black and white and color. Registration using the key block and reduction methods will be introduced.

 

Holly Berry of Waldoboro received a BFA in Illustration from RISD in 1979.  She has since illustrated several award winning children’s books and shown her linoleum block prints in galleries and exhibits throughout the country. In 2003 she was awarded an Individual Artists Fellowship for Printmaking from the Maine Arts Commission and recently completed a percent for art project for the Medomak Middle School. Berry is a member of The Boston Printmakers and serves on the board of Midcoast Printmakers’s, Inc. 

 

Location: Gamble Education Center

Level: beginner to advanced

Class size: limited to 12 students

Cost: $154 members, $190 nonmembers (includes $10 materials fee)