Studying Printmaking

Printmaking is one of my favorite artistic mediums. I thoroughly enjoy the process of creating a stencil or a plate. Teachers as Scholars is a wonderful program run through Harvard and the amazing Henry Bolter, where teachers are able to take riveting and relevant professional development taught by masters in their fields. I was fortunate to be able to take a 3 day printmaking workshop with master printmaker, Randy Garber.

We learned about monoprints, etching, and collagraph prints in a full printmaking studio based in Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. Take a look at some of the photos!

This printing press was brought over from Europe and made electric. It was used to create Picasso's prints!

Randy Garber speaking about her own work

Here is an example of a collagraph, where objects are placed on a plate and then printed