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Our unique workshops allow students to submit their own graphic art design by email 2 days prior to the workshop. We make a silk screen from their artwork. They use it to learn and print on fabrics at the workshop. Students can bring up to 5 fabric items to print on. We provide a selection of inks, squeegees and other materials to print free...

Screen printing is a beautifully simple and effective method of producing an unlimited number of almost identical prints onto almost any surface. Learn all the steps involved in the screen-printing process from design conception to finished product, so that you’re able to set up a screen-printing studio and continue making prints on your own. Bring...

Learn how to silkscreen your own design! Learn the tricks of getting the perfect print, what inks to use, and how you could print at home.  Make sure to add "keep my screen" if you would like to take it home with you. Have you ever wondered what it means for something to be screenprinted? In this class you will work with your own design....

Create your image on a plate larger than full- size paper (22”x30”) that extends far beyond your imagination. Develop individual projects in mediums including monotype, drypoint, linocut, collagraph, carborundum, and chine colle. Just bring your passion and explore new idea. All levels are welcome. Eight students maximum. Registration fee included....

Enhance your sense of wonder through printmaking. Create projects in mixed media and printmaking in a supportive environment of self- expression to produce one of a kind prints. Use inventive problem solving to cultivate a stunning outcome and celebrate your individual artistic qualities. Learn to create exhibits and develop your confidence in the...

We start with a a bit of history about the process and introduction to the materials, but then get right into carving!  Our goal will be to repeat pattern print one yard of fabric! Students should come with a 4" square image or two that you would like to work with.  Simple designs work best, and then you can add detail as you carve away. ...

In this eight week course, students will learn the fundamentals of creating digital negatives and how to produce handcrafted and unique platinum-palladium prints. Combining the best of modern digital negative making techniques with analog platinum palladium printing practice, participants will learn how to make successful enlarged digital negatives...

If you are interested in alternative photo processes, you should explore the amazing array of materials available for digital printing that offer a new physicality to images. In this two day workshop, students will explore making inkjet prints on various alternative materials including transparency paper, diaphanous silk and delicate Japanese paper....

Invented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1839, salt printing was the first negative to positive printing out technique. Salt printing is one of the most romantic of 19th century photographic processes, imbuing images with an emotional and at times dreamlike quality. Since the chemistry actually goes into the fibers of the paper, deep, radiant and,...

In this DIY workshop, create texture in roll printed patterns. Learn annealing, roll printing, shallow forming, circle cutting, french ear wires, and wire wrapping. All tools and materials are included in the cost of the workshop. And you get to bring home the bling! Materials subject to change. DIY schedule Friday - 6:00-8:30 Sat. 9-11;30, 12-2:30,...

This workshop will cover the materials and methods for printing Gum Bichromate over Van Dyke Brown.  Digital workflow for producing Gum Bichromate and Van Dyke negatives will be discussed in detail and executed.  Students will learn the procedures for how to coat, expose and develop Van Dyke as a base layer and the how to print gum over the...

Suminagashi (sue-me-NAH-gah-she) comes from the Japanese words “sumi” meaning ink and “nagashi” meaning floating. The ancient form of Japanese marbling dates back over 800 years. This is a form of mono-printing where no two prints will be exactly the same.  Colored inks are floated on a bath of clear water and then gently manipulated...

Gum Bichromate is beautiful process but can be a difficult learn because of the many variables involved in making a single print. This in-person/hands-on workshop will cover the materials and methods for making full color gum bichromate prints. Through lecture, presentation, and demonstration, students will be introduced to the history of gum bichromate...

This all-day intensive workshop will combine shooting, processing, developing and printing into one action-packed day. First we’ll meet at the Darkroom and we'll demonstrate how to properly load film and set up your camera. You'll get a refresher on shooting mechanics and using your light meter, then we'll each shoot a roll of film in the surrounding...

This two day workshop guides students through the transformation of Studio B at Penumbra Foundation into a camera obscura which will then be used to capture ultra large scale paper negatives of the view from the space. The prints will be exposed directly onto giant sheets (up to 2.5 x 8ft) cut from rolls of photo sensitive paper and processed in Penumbra's...