Introduction to Linoleum Carving and Printing

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June 23rd, 2016 6:30 PM

  • Instructor: Grendl Löfkvist
  • Workshop Type: Printing
  • Workshop Status: Closed
  • Workshop Start: June 23rd, 2016 6:30 PM
  • Workshop End: June 23rd, 2016 9:30 PM
  • Sessions: 1

Learn the art of linocut to create simple, stunning prints on a Vandercook press. Introduction to Linoleum Carving and Printing will include discussions about design, materials, and carving techniques for linoleum and woodblock printing, as well as ink and paper choice, paper dampening, and the use of impression and makeready to create a large, even printing area. Work on multiple block projects, hand-proofing linocuts with traditional Japanese techniques and printing with them on the letterpress. Materials fee includes linoleum, paper, and carving tools.

Materials to Bring: Please bring sketches of simple designs for a 3x4 inch cut to be turned into a greeting card. The instructor will help students translate their ideas into a linocut.

Workshop + Materials Fee: $70.00

Date & Time: Thursday, June 23, 2016 :: 6:30-9:30pm

Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

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REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Grendl Löfkvist

Grendl Löfkvist is an instructor in the Visual Media Design Department at City College of San Francisco, where she teaches the history of graphic design, book arts, calligraphy, and letterpress printing. She also offers a variety of courses here at the San Francisco Center for the Book, including Blackletter calligraphy, letterpress printing, and linoleum block printmaking. She is also a core instructor at Type@CooperWest, the West Coast iteration of New York's Cooper Union whose focus is on lettering and type design.
 
Grendl was a press operator for 13 years at Inkworks Press in Berkeley, a collectively owned, politically progressive offset printing company that just recently closed its doors. She does letterpress and printmaking work under the imprints of Red Star Media/Design and Cloven Hoof Press, and she is currently the President of the American Printing History Association's Northern California Chapter.

Her interests include the study of printing as a subversive “Black Art,” and she is always on the lookout for bizarre, unusual, or macabre print and type lore.

Past Student Reviews:

 "Grendl is awesome. Genuinely. She conveyed so much information in such a short time, while giving us each some personal instruction."

"I enjoyed everything. Grendl is an excellent instructor. Her explanation was easy to follow and to understand."

"Hands on work. Really great instructor. Fun. Friendly. Relaxing atmosphere. Total professional."

 

375 Rhode Island St
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States