Have you ever wanted to conceive of your own greeting card? Now you can in a one-day workshop! In this one day, 8 hour class, students will conceive an idea for a greeting card and take it to completion. Each student will have an approx. 5 in x 8 in piece of linoleum for their greeting card. Students will carve this one color image within the first half of class, and we will focus on printing during the second half of class.

There will be demos of printing in color and black/white. The paper for the cards will be a stark white, and the teacher will provide pattern blocks to be printed as base layers to add color to the compositions. Students will have the opportunity to make an edition of 10 greeting cards in class.

Pre-requisite: Basic woodcut knowledge is helpful, but not required

Materials to bring: 

-Drawing materials: pencils, pens, sharpies

-Images to work from for the greeting card. Please come with completed ideas, ready to transfer and carve into a relief print.

-Carving tools (required) power grip brand are recommended. For lino carving, SpeedBall tools may also be used.

-Slip Strop Honing Block (optional) available online at woodcraft.com

-Extra paper for printing

Workshop + Materials Fee: $175.00

About the Instructor| Kate Fire

Kate Fire studied printmaking at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY and has been working with the printmaking collective, Drive By Press, for the past four years.  DBP has been an active art collective and print shop for 10 years, traveling the USA by car bringing their mobile print shop to universities, art galleries, music festivals, and other events.  Founded by Greg Nanney and Joseph Velasquez, DBP has expanded with active locations in Brooklyn, NY, Austin, TX, and Oakland, CA.  Kate is the shop manager of DBP West Coast. Spread the ink!