On 23rd March, we are delighted that artist Lisa Takahashi will be returning to our studio to run another printing workshop making multiblock prints using wood. The workshop will run from 10am to 4pm.
What you will learn: A multi-block woodcut print allows you to print colours side by side as well as on top of one another. When doing this with transparent colours there’s the potential to create colour mixes and surprising depth in your prints. Using plywood blocks to create relief prints is a beautiful image-making process, one that allows you to incorporate the grain of the wood into the image. The resulting prints can be rich in colour and texture.
In this one-day workshop, we will consider what’s possible when designing a two-colour multi-block woodcut through careful drawing and designing, before transferring our ideas to the block, cutting them with sharp gouges and then printing by hand, using traditional Japanese hand burnishing techniques. You will leave with a handful of completed prints as well as the block to continue printing in your own time.
Materials: we’ll work with oil-based colour (either printing inks or oil paint with print medium) on Japanese paper, burnishing using a bamboo baren.
Cost: To include all materials £60 for Wessex sculptor members, and £80 for non-members.
Payment: We require full payment in advance to secure a place.
As there are only 10 places available for this workshop, to find out if there is a place available and to register your interest in attending, please use the Contact page to message us.
Coastal Retreat on a Stormy Night by Lisa Takahashi
Lisa Takahashi is a practising artist, and has exhibited her prints extensively, including at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. Lisa is a previous semi-finalist of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year and a judge/mentor in Channel 5s Watercolour Challenge.
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