Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2015 Summer Workshop Catalog 1 | Page 65

printmaking

Sue Oehme, Light Blue Block (detail)

Michael Krueger, Proverbial (detail)

Charles Cohan, Untitled

June 22 - 26

July 13 - 17

Mixed-Media Monoprints:

June 22 - July 3
Get Flat: a printmaking
& ceramics intensive

Sue Oehme

Michael Krueger & Ralph Scala

SKILL LEVEL: II

SKILL LEVEL: II - IV

SKILL LEVEL: III

CONCEPT: Working in square or rectangular standard
formats, we explore multiple methods of image creation,
to be used together to build various textures and layers
in monoprints.

CONCEPT: This course combines two distinct media
that share sensibilities. Printmaking and ceramics have
a long tradition of blending technical know-how and
ideas, and each embraces experimentation in surprising
ways. Artists experiment and mash both media
together. This is a generous, open experience for artists
interested in broadening their skills. Themes include the
link between process and materials, allowing accidents
to happen in the studio.

CONCEPT: Explore traditional and alternative mark
making tools and print techniques in this hands-on
workshop. Using inexpensive, readily available materials
and sustainable and re-purposed supplies, we introduce
new directions of the contemporary printed matrix with
an emphasis on physical texture. We examine both
constructive and reductive processes in the development
of topographic approaches to relief and intaglio
printmaking techniques using recycled fiberboard and
plywood plates.

building a vocabulary of images

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use Intaglio-based
techniques; students make silk collagraph plates,
sandpaper plates, carborundum aquatint plates, and
Plexiglas drypoint plates.
ACTIVITIES: We begin each day with platemaking
demos, followed by individual working time and press
time with faculty and interns.
FACULTY: Sue Oehme is the owner of Oehme Graphics,
based in Steamboat Springs, CO. She has been a master
printer for 25 years, working at Tyler Graphics, Riverhouse
Editions and her own studio. She is also a mixed-media
artist.
www.oehmegraphics.com

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use earthenware
clays in oxidation, relief printing, laser cut rubber
stamps, laser etching, stencil printing combined hand
painting, mono printing from clay slabs, decal making,
multiple firing techniques. Students utilize handbuilding,
slabs and bisque tiles.
ACTIVITIES: We learn through hands on
demonstrations, informal group discussions, and
personal instruction. Large blocks of creative time are
allotted for individual work. The group will engage in
problem-solving techniques in an open and encouraging
discussions. This course will move between the print
shop and use ceramics as a home base.
FACULTY: Michael Krueger works in a variety of media,
from animation for the documentary film “DROP CITY” to
prints, ceramics, drawing and painting. Michael’s work
is widely exhibited .
www.michaelkrueger.us
Ralph Scala is the Ceramics Studio Doordinator at
Anderson Ranch. He served as Studio Director at
Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago from 1995 - 2000 and
Studio Director at Santa Fe Clay from 2000 - 2005.

Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $100  Code: R0404  Enrollment Limit 9

Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155  Code: C0405  Enrollment Limit 12

Sculptural Plates/Heavy Prints
Charles Cohan

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students use both traditional
and non-traditional techniques for the inscription of
marks upon MDF and plywood matrices including carving,
grinding, stamping, hammering, burning, collaging,
gluing and varnishing. Inking procedures, plate and paper
handling and press operation.
ACTIVITIES: We develop images and surface textures on
MDF board printing plates, learn plate inking processes,
and press operation. Daily demonstrations, technical
assistance and conceptual feedback from the instructor
are paired with ample studio time.
FACULTY: Charles Cohan received his M.F.A. in
printmaking from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Since
1998 he has been chair of printmaking at the University
of Hawaii at Manoa. He has recently taught workshops at
the University of South Australia, Adelaide College of the
Arts, Megalo Print Studio, The Pilchuck Glass School and
the Rochester Institute of Technology. Grants and awards
include fellowships from the Hawaii State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts, the United States Department of
State, and the Helpmann Academy.
www.charlescohan.com
Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $100  Code: R0705  Enrollment Limit 9

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