Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 54

Elizabeth Ferrill, Surplus 4

Debora Oden, Drops (detail)

Lisa S. Bulawsky, Prosthetic Memories Chapter 1 WW2

July 8 - 12

July 15 - 19

July 22 - 26

Elizabeth Ferrill

Debora Oden

Lisa S. Bulawsky

SKILL LEVEL: Open to all

SKILL LEVEL: I - II

SKILL LEVEL: II - IV

CONCEPT: The oldest form of printmaking, relief,
is also one of the most versatile. The earliest
relief prints were carved of wood, but contemporary linoleum block printing is an exciting,
graphic alternative to traditional woodblock
printmaking. Linoleum is more economical
than wood, softer to carve, and can easily be
printed at home. Students learn to transfer an
image to a block, carve with proper tools, operate a press and print by hand. Students leave
with prints and blocks to process and finish at
home.

CONCEPT: You don’t have to love Keanu Reeves
to appreciate the printmaking matrix. This
course focuses on the matrix of copperplate
etching. We make a series of etched plates in
the first half of the week and create a thematic
body of monoprints in the second half. We
also explore other print methods to enhance
our experiments with matrix, including relief,
trace-monotype, and folding and stencil work
with eastern paper. Our prints will be fresh and
responsive: new and fertile research for all.

CONCEPT:  In this workshop, the print studio becomes a lab. The activity of making
becomes an iterative process, an experiment
in the play of repetition and variation. We use
non-toxic, non-acid techniques on PVC plates
to achieve results that mimic the beauty of
aquatint and the graphic quality of woodcut.
We take advantage of this versatility, relying
on it for the development of multiple plates
that can be used in different combinations to
create a suite of prints, a series of hypotheses.
We examine the structure and unpredictability
inherent to print media, shifting from object to
process, from fixed to flux and back again.

Relief Printmaking: linoleum

The Matrix of Monoprint 

Shiftland: the provisional print

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Linoleum carving, inking
of blocks, press use, hand-printing and image
transfers.

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:  Etching techniques,
including line etch, sugar lift, soap ground,
pronto plate transfer, aquatint and spit bite.
Selective inking and stenciling techniques.

ACTIVITIES:  Demonstrations, individual and
group critiques, group discussions and ample
studio time.

ACTIVITIES:  Demos on etching techniques,
ample studio time to make plates. Printing and
creation of an experimental body of work.

FACULTY: Seattle native Elizabeth Ferrill received
her MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island
School of Design. Her work has been featured
in solo exhibitions at the Armory Gallery at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, the Gideon Gartner
Gallery at Anderson Ranch, COOP Gallery in
Nashville, Tenn., and 5x6x9 Gallery in Berlin,
Germany. In 2011 she was an artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary
Arts in Omaha, Neb. From 2009 to 2012, she
was the studio coordinator of painting and
printmaking at Anderson Ranch.

www.elizabethferrill.com

FACULTY:  Debora Oden received her MFA
from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and
teaches at the Savannah College of Art and
Design. Debora’s work was exhibited in the
International Experimental Engraving Biennial in Romania and the 5th Egyptian International Print Triennial. She has also exhibited in
Toronto, France, Thailand, Egypt, Poland, Austria and China.

www.lifesizepress.virb.com

ACTIVITIES:  Each day starts with demonstrations, questions and presentations of work in
progress. Ample studio time is provided along
with individual assistance and guidance as we
work. We end the week with a final group discussion and critique.

Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $100 Code: R0606 Enrollment Limit 10

Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $100 Code: R0707 Enrollment Limit 10

Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1075
Studio Fee: $100 Code: R0808 Enrollment Limit 10

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MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:  Intaglio and relief techniques with multiple plates and color. A variety
of innovative mark making and printing techniques from PVC plates.

FACULTY:  Lisa Bulawsky is an artist and printmaker internationally known for her mixedmedia works on paper and temporary public
projects. Her work explores the reciprocal influences of culture on the individual, especially as
they are shaped by history and memory. She
heads the printmaking program at Washington
University and is the director of the school’s
Island Press.

www.lisabulawsky.com