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While Jennet and her class are using traditional printmaking techniques to print on fabric at the studio today, I enjoyed a sunny day in the backyard.
These are 4 panels I printed Saturday. I started bright and early as my new day job has me to work by 6am, so I am developing a good discipline!
My plan is to craft them into a wearable garment.
Tomorrow I have a group of 9 students at the studio to print silk scarves!
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It’s such a thrill to stop in the studio and find delightful new works, like this one by our studio-mate Ruby Silvious, glowing like a jewel on the bulletin board!
Terry James Conrad has been selected from over 235 artists to exhibit with 84 other artists in the prestigious 75th Mohawk Hudson Regional, on now at the Albany Institute of History and Art. Here’s where to view a list of all the artists. the show runs until September 4th.
“Established in 1936, the MOHAWK-HUDSON REGIONAL is one of the longest-running regional exhibitions in the country. This annual, juried exhibition occupies a major role in the history of contemporary art activity in the Upper Hudson Valley”
Take a Printmaking Sampler Class with Jennet next week!
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Learn blockbrinting, monoprint and more!
Enhance your scrapbook pages with patterned paper you create.
Make holiday gifts including notecards and art journals!
Suitable for all ages, enjoy being creative in our air-conditioned studio.
Sessions are 10am-1pm, cost is $35 each session.
Ask about discounts for multiple sessions or for bringing a friend!
Call 518-723-0094
[sthumbs=575|574|573|572|571|570,160,3,n,center,]With instruction from Jennet in our Art Journals class, Lise made a special gift for her young grandson. What fun they will have making up stories to tell each other about these prehistoric creatures!
Kathy used the technique to make a an envelope worthy of giving a handmade gift of jewelry in, To see her art journals, click here.
 Nancy DiessnerPhotography and Printmaking are not strangers to each other, and in fact can work together beautifully in several different processes. This workshop will introduce you to the magic of several distinct photo-based printmaking techniques, including the lithographic Pronto Plate process and Photopolymer Intaglio, which involves a photo-sensitive polymer plate. These processes are much safer than traditional photo-etching, which relies on hazardous chemicals. This five-day workshop with photo printmaking expert Nancy Diessner will allow you to immerse yourself in these processes, and will give you the confidence to explore how you can best adapt them to your own artwork. We’ll begin with the more direct processes, and work up to Photopolymer Intaglio, the process that has the potential to be the most refined. We’ll wrap up the workshop exploring ways to combine these processes together with other printmaking processes, to create startling and unique prints. $630 non-members $570 members – partial scholarships available – register here We have a full array of exciting workshops this summer – explore the possibilities on our website. |
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Click here to see what fun we had putting this image on a T-shirt!
View work from exhibiting Ragged Edge artists Sunghee Park, Mary Ellen Riell, George Dirolf , and Helga Prichard, and Erik Laffer, our former neighbor at Remsen Street Studios
The show runs July9 – September 4, 2011. Opening reception today!
Buttondown Gallery
The Shirt Factory
PS:Â I got to the show – well worth the trip! some awesome examples of printmaking by very talented artists!
Every year she makes Christmas gifts for her big list.
This year, she came to Ragged Edge Print Studio to make scarves!
and she loved it!
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Anchoring the festivities at Monument Square is the The Arts Center of the Capital District I stopped in to see all the wonderful work in the annual Fence Salon! It will run until July 27. Here’s the 3 works I submitted. (For a better image of the first piece, and a peek at the ghost print from this plate, check out my blog. )
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Riverfest is great fun, with live music, food, street painting and artists selling their creations. I visited with Jennet from Feathered Nest Studio, She’ll be teaching at Ragged Edge next month! Visit Jennet’s blog and visit her Etsy shop!.[sthumbs=397|396|395,160,max,n,center,]
I really wish I had snapped a picture of Jim Summa’s fabulous tie-dye shirt when I ran into him. Jim has taken many classes at Ragged Edge, we first met in a class at The Arts Center He made his dyed his shirt at The Albany Art Room.
I love Kristin Gallo’s colorful hand painted cotton scarves. Aren’t they just beautiful and brilliant in the summer sun? And Kristin’s smile is sunny too! You can check out her handpainted wallets and other accessories on her website, they are super cool.[sthumbs=400|398|399,160,max,n,center,]
