Relief printing
Learn the basics of relief printing! Matt Sawnson will take you through the steps of transferring simple images to a block, then using tools to carve the block before using it to pull prints on paper. We will be using introductory tools and water-washable inks, but these skills transfer to more advanced techniques very nicely! These types of prints are great for at-home card-making, fabric printing and much more. Attendees are encouraged to bring in a black-and-white image of their choice, though it should be high contrast and relatively simple / low detail, since we will want to be able to carve it and print it during our class.
Matt Swanson is a print maker, painter, model maker, illustrator and
Pacific Northwest native whose art is most often inspired by nature, animals, heavy music and big nerdy monsters. He has a Bachelor’s of Fine Art degree from DigiPen Institute of Technology and worked in the video game industry for over 14 years. His work has won Bafta and Peabody awards and has been placed in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian and the New York Museum of Modern Art