Motivational Intaglio / Shelley Thorstensen

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 Eating Light Shelley Thorstensen Etching, Lithograph, Relief and chine colle 24 x 18 ed. 5

These intensive workshops are designed for but not limited to artist/printmakers who work primarily on an etching press.  It is also a good place for artists working in other print, painting, or drawing media interested in the possibility of incorporating print into their work.

Shelley will begin the workshop with a series of demonstrations including ways of using color and printing, such as: stencils, a la poupee, chine colle, viscosity, multiple plates, relief, collage, and digital media.  Using your current work and ideas as a catalyst, Shelley will work with you individually to discover what aspects are vital to your work and how to successfully explore and expand your vision.

This workshop provides extended work time allowing participants to incorporate new ways of working into their artistic practice. Shelley will organize this period to further examine your work and mindset. She will include material specific to each participant while encouraging a further understanding of etching. 

Artists will learn how to seamlessly incorporate handwork such as drypoint and mezzotint on various substrates, editioned monoprint, paper and polyester photo litho, hand-worked and photo based collographs, photocopy transfer; handmade repeatable rubber stamp and registration systems.  Shelley will also address possible considerations for content, scale, series, multiplicity, format, paper choice, and available matrices.

(Every year students want more time working with Shelley. She has agreed to spend a second week at WSW allowing students to take either week or both weeks to activate and accelerate their individual artistic development while generating momentum in all their art making practices.)

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