Make this Mixed media Retreat your own

2010 / /

Enjoy a quick video about the Mixed Media Printmaker’s retreat that starts Wednesday, August 26th.

We will start this class on a Wednesday, so that when you are in the middle of the session it will be a weekend and hopefully you will be able to devote a little more time to your printmaking practice.

Sign up today and give your art practice a boost. Click here for more info.

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Thermofax Screen printing kit is available to purchase

2010 / /
8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit with Pulling Screen Prints the online printmaking course with Linda Germain
8 piece Thermofax Screen starter kit with Pulling Screen Prints the online printmaking course with Linda Germain

Have you heard about Thermofax screen printing? Curious to try it out? You are in luck. I have a kit of 8 screens ready for you to tape and start printing with. This is what you get:

  • 8 screens as shown in the picture
  • ready for you to cut, duct tape and print
  • access to 4 helpful videos
  • How to duct tape and create a well
  • How to print with the screens
  • How to care for your screens
  • What to print on

This kit will get you started. You can use these images alone or layer them with other printmaking processes.

The kit of screens will be mailed to you and may take 1 to 3 weeks, depending on where in the world you live. They will be mailed to the address on your paypal account, unless otherwise directed.

Click the buy now button and you will be screen printing soon.

$40.00 = 8 screens and access to 4 online videos


 

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Printmakers Retreat is Evolving

2010, book arts / /

make books with your pile of gelatin prints

I got a lot of feedback about what would be important to have in a mixed media printmakers retreat. I have been considering your desires carefully.

I think it is best to simplify and focus on one or two objectives. (Because we can always have another week long retreat.)

This is the plan so far:

  • A week long online course to support you in dedicating a little more time to your art practice – starting August 26th, a Wednesday.
  • Each day will begin with refreshing your mind set, be it, a walk, a writing, a mediation or other activity to support your commitment to your art retreat.
  • The skill based focus of this course will be learning several book forms to transform those piles of prints into works of art.
  • One week long project that I will offer is to develop a series of 8 prints that are heavily layered and revealed. Each day we will use a new method to develop the layers.
  • Finally, I hope to create the retreat environment by supporting you in pulling an all nighter, listening to artist talks and finding an empowering way to critique your work.

If you have any questions about this online retreat, then please email me and I will be happy to help.

Printmaking Interest
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What is Next?

combined techniques / /

hand sewn tape bound book as part of mixed media printmakers online classLife is an ebb and flow. I wish I could remember that, and we are all on different tides.

I have been exploring printmaking retreats, goals, authentic expression and what’s next. Even during this exploration I have been experiencing ebbs and flows.

So far for me, what I want in a week long mixed media printmaking course is:

  • Time and space to play
  • Support and community
  • Loose guidelines and assignments
  • To be supported in developing my own style and voice.
  • OH yeah, fun and joy.

Is that asking too much? What would be most important to you in a week long mixed media printmaking course?

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Piles of paper with potential

mixed media printmaking / /

piles of gelatin plate prints

There are many reasons why I have pile of prints:

  • It takes time for me to get into the flow of printing.
  • Gelatin printing is experimental and often uncontrollable
  • I love the process more than the final product.

But sometimes I like to make a finished product or print.

  • Cut and collage
  • Crop and frame
  • Fold, sew and make a book

collage gelatin prints - value composition

What do you like to do with your printed papers? Do you frame them? Do you purge or do you save them all? Would you like to take a class that focused on using all your papers/prints with potential?

If so then join the the special interest list below and I will send you more info as the class develops.

Want to Make Time for Your ART?
Get the support and encouragement of an art making class.

Join today and get notice of future classes.

You will also get weekly emails about printmaking, tips, tools and classes.

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