In this course, students created key drawings and two distinct blocks for multiple-color printing.

Led woodblock printing for adults at the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Third Thursday event, providing 2x3” shina plywood blocks and quick instructions on tools and printing. Over 150 people carved and printed, and only needed 3 bandaids!

Despite the challenges of printing a woodblock on a vertical wall, these first-timers made awesome prints! I <3 Hockey.

Tree ring printmaking involves scorching a tree “cookie” or cross section, sanding the surface, scrubbing out the soft summer wood, rolling ink along the surface, and printing. This has been a popular workshop, originally developed with Kim Boustead for the Long Term Ecological Research program "Ramble" (see "Ramble" tab) thanks to prototypes from our friend Eddy Olson-Enamorado from Cedar Creek/Migizi. I have led these workshops at various parks, events, and workshops in the Twin Cities and at Franconia sculpture park.

We carved halved potatoes, then easy-cut linoleum (Speedball “speedy cut” or butter cut) backed with wood for easier stamping. Great introduction to tools and affordable materials that are easier to carve than wood, and easier to stamp into stamp pads then onto paper or fabric because of their flexible surface. (Wood prints best when the paper or fabric is placed on the inked surface, then pressure is applied to the back of the paper or fabric).

January 2020 class used 4x6 (and one bigger) shina plywood blocks to fashion portraits of pets current and past, as well a some favorite creatures. All but one were first-time printmakers!

In this December 2019 class we carved linoleum and potatoes to print gift wrap, fabric patterns, and stationery. Relief carving has been used for centuries to create patterns on fabric and paper.

Students carved 4x6 shina plywood blocks and printed on Strathmore cardstock. December 2019

2018 Woodblock 101 class: student pulling the first print of a dandelion relief carving.