Seven Separate Workshops, July 13 - 29, 1997
Organized by Fairview College and held at the
Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking,
Grande Prairie Regional College, Alberta, Canada
With World Class Professional Instructors;
- Jeffrey Sippel, Education Director Tamarind Institute, U.S.A.
- Keith Howard, Director, Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking
- Phil Shaw, RCA, Professor Middlesex University, London, England
- Lane Borstad, Head Digital Design Studies, GPRC, Canada.
Summer Workshop Location
This Summer 1997 Non-toxic Printmaking Master Workshops will be conducted at the
newly renovated printmaking facility at the Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking at
Grande Prairie Regional College in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
Faculty
Keith Howard is the originator of ‘Non-toxic Intaglio’ and author of
"Safe Photo Etching for Photographers and Artists". Howard’s non-toxic
intaglio techniques have revolutionized the art of intaglio in universities/colleges and
professional print shops around the world. This workshop series presents the ideal
opportunity to catch up on Howard’s latest printmaking innovations.
Jeffrey Sippel, Education Director of Tamarind
Institute and master printer, has conducted extensive research on waterless printing
processes. Sippel has taught courses and given demonstrations on drawing and printing
techniques as well as special materials for waterless lithography throughout the United
States and abroad. According to Marjorie Devon, director of Tamarind Institute,
"Jeffrey is not only highly knowledgeable but, as importantly, is an incredibly
talented and patient teacher." Sippel will be presenting his latest research on the
use of water-based inks for waterless lithography.
Phil Shaw, Royal College of Art graduate, Professor at
Middlesex University in London England and the leading expert in the world for developing
dye-based ink. Shaw has developed a system of "growing his own ink" that can
only be described as ‘inkcredible’. Shaw has extensively researched past
technology to develop a system of growing and collecting plant and vegetable material to
extract the dye for the purposes of making printing ink. After visiting Shaw’s studio
at Middlesex University Keith Howard reported " Its hard to imagine how Shaw manages
to manufacture his own ink right in the classroom but he does so with very simple
equipment and a lots of enthusiasm. The quality of his students’ work is reflective
of the nature of the inks made. These works are reminiscent of the colours used by Vermeer
and Rembrandt as his dye based inks glow with a golden translucent earth palette. Truly a
new direction for screen printing".
Lane Borstad, Head of the Interactive and Digital
Design Studies at Grande Prairie Regional College, is considered one of the leaders in the
field of new media and the fusion of new technologies with other means of artistic
expression. His Multimedia/Digital Design program was established to provide professional
skills in both traditional and modern techniques in the production of art. The recent
rapid growth of "multimedia" technology has placed the tools for digital imaging
within reach of an increasing number of printmakers. With such an information explosion
within imaging software it is hard to know where to turn to most effectively employ our
limited time in learning which programs will best suit our creative demands. Borstad is a
Macintosh expert and is conversant with most of the major imaging software programs in
use. The focus of this course will be effectively utilizing Adobe Photoshop.
After four successful International Summer Non-toxic Printmaking
Workshops, run by Fairview College in Peace River, we have decided to expand the course
offerings to include leading non-toxic printmaking experts from around the world. There
will be a total of seven Master Workshops covering the following subject areas;
1. Digital Imaging for Printmakers ( 2 workshops)
2. Waterless-Lithography (1 workshop)
3. Dye-Based Inks for Screen Printing (2 workshops)
4. Non-toxic Intaglio (2 workshops)
Lunch and supper meals are included. Cold breakfast will be available at no extra cost.
Summer ‘97 Course Outlines
Waterless Lithography -
July 13 - 17
with Jeffrey Sippel
Jeffrey Sippel will be presenting his latest research in the use of
water-based inks for waterless litho.
Day 1: History and background of waterless processes
Basic direct drawing procedures for waterless processes. Processing and printing of
waterless elements ink, roller, press considerations.
Day 2: Demonstration of photomechanical processes with waterless
lithography.
Day 3: Demonstration of the TORAY waterless process.
Day 4: Future possibilities and alternative techniques for waterless.
Day 5: Wrap up {open discussion}.
Digital Imagery - July 13 - 17 & July
19 - 23
with Lane Borstad
At some point each day/evening printmakers will be able to convert
digital images into intaglio prints.
Day 1: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop for the Mac and its imaging
potential for printmaking. Each student will have their own computer for the entire
workshop. Various aspects of Adobe Photoshop will be explored; Working smart, changing
your viewpoint, image input & output, resolution, storage and transporting files,
colour in Photoshop and converting RGB to CMYK.
Day 2: Photoshop - masks and channel operations. Selecting basics, the
crop tool, the type tool, the pen tool, quick mask, alpha channels and using gradient
selections. Enhancing photos; image correction, making a mezzotint,
"hand-tinting" a portrait, combining positive and negative, sketching a
portrait, painting a duo-tone, simulating motion, solarizing a portrait, coloring black
and white and softening the focus.
Day 3: Photoshop - Montage and collage, fading one image into another,
mixing resolutions, casting shadows, wrapping one image around another.
Day 4: Photoshop special effects, dropping a shadow, embossing and
stamping, carving in stone, beveled glass, creating chrome, creating crystal.
Day 5: Photoshop; Adding depth and motion to images. Painting in
Photoshop, colorizing line art, painting with light, using filters to generate paper
textures.
Non-toxic Intaglio - July 19 - 23 &
July 25 - 29
with Keith Howard
Day 1: How to make the perfect random dot halftone.
Day 2: Outlines the development of all Howard’s non-toxic intaglio
techniques and processes, how to make inexpensive specialized equipment for the non-toxic
intaglio studio, demonstrate the Howard-type non-etch method, acrylic aquatint method,
destruction-ground technique, reverse mezzotint technique and water-resist method.
Day 3: The nature of the ferric chloride etch, the Howard-type technique
for non-etch Intaglio-type, exposure without a vacuum frame, Etched-Howard-type photo
intaglio method, Layered-Howard-type method, Dove-Howard-type method, and the
Wash/drawing-Howard-type method.
Day 4: Acrylic soft-ground technique, acrylic hard-ground technique,
various stop-out methods and working with intaglio-type techniques.
Day 5: Demonstrate the Duo-Howard-type colour key dual plate technique,
Relief-etch-Howard-type method, Relief printing the Howard-type plate, creative image
making with the Howard-Halftone internegative method, and the wax crayon block-out and
etch method. Ways to save money for intaglio materials and equipment. How to integrate
non-toxic intaglio into your current curriculum.
"Veg Ink" Screen Printing - July 19 - 23 & July 25 - 29
with Phil Shaw
Day 1: Illustrated talk on process - plant sources - historical context
etc. Look at a number of shrubs and trees, useful for dye extraction, that can be found
growing in a wide range of climatic conditions, many of which can be home grown. Field
trip into the wilderness to collect specimens for dye extraction.
Day 2: How to grow your own ink garden. Vegetable color extraction.
Skills and secrets of extracting colour from plants. Hands-on ink prep & processing
design, drawing, and photo work.
Day 3: Which plants? 13 recipes for drawing and printing inks. Hands-on
dye extracting.
Day 4: Color modifiers and the secrets of extending colour range; How to
make your own watercolors from plant dyes. Use of binders and thickening agents - Hands-on
screen prep - stencil making etc.
Day 5: 41 Plants that will yield a good red dye; 49 plants that will
yield yellow, commercial mail order suppliers of traditional vegetable dye stuff. More
hands-on screen printing.
Exclusive Participation
A maximum of 10 individuals can attend each of the hands-on workshops.
Participation in the hands-on workshop is on a first - come basis. Early Registration is
encouraged
The receipt of tuition fees and registration deadline is June 15, 1997
Getting to Grande Prairie
For those flying into Grande Prairie give your ticketing agent the following
information:
1. Country of destination - Canada
2. Province in Canada - Alberta
3. Destination - Grande Prairie
Ground transportation from Grande Prairie Airport to workshop and residences will be
provided.
The workshop registration form can be printed, filled out by prospective
workshop participants and faxed to Fairview College at (403) 624-4532 to reserve a space.
Click here for registration form
ACCOMMODATION: Modern on-campus apartment style
accommodation is available within 1 minute walk of the printmaking studio’s. Each
fully furnished apartment has 5 single bedrooms of 110 sq.ft. Separate to the bedrooms are
two full bathrooms which are shared facilities. The cost per night is U$26 or Cn$36 which
includes a catered evening meal. As some participants will be doing more than one workshop
and arriving and leaving at different times the accommodation costs should be calculated
on an individual basis. Once you have determined your total nights stay multiply that
figure by the nightly accommodation rate. i.e. 6 nights is U$26 x 6 = U$156.
Alternative accommodation. For those traveling to
Grande Prairie by road there is an RV Park next to the college. Free camping is available
on the fenced in lawns adjacent to the printmaking studio. For those who wish to take
advantage of the camping alternative you will have to provide your own tent and camping
equipment. This free camping area is close to toilets and Bar-B-Q area but there are no
shower facilities.
All of the above Master Non-toxic Printmaking courses qualify for 3 free
credits towards the Post Degree Diploma in Non-toxic Printmaking at the Canadian School
for Non-toxic Printmaking.
If you would like more information about this program and available
scholarships please write to;
Keith Howard, Director; Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking
10726 -106 Ave. Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 4C4 Canada.
MORE INFORMATION ? Contact Keith Howard at (403) 539-2092 or via e-mail
at:
howard@agt.net or http://www.gprc.ab.ca/
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printmakers