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on Mon, 07/22/2019 - 19:07

Over the years, many students have suggested that I create a book from my detailed and many-paged instructions for learning Part 1 of my Century Plate Lithography classes and tutorials.

Now you can purchase my instruction book, Non-toxic Century Plate Lithography Part 1 in printed or E-book formats from Blurb.com and from me directly.

Non-toxic Century Plate Lithography Part 1 introduces printmakers to a new, sustainable and environmentally friendly way to produce high-quality, professional, hand-pulled lithographs without using toxic and petroleum-based materials.

This instruction book

Century Plate Litho Super-Intensive at EFA-RBPMW

on Mon, 07/22/2019 - 18:45

 Century Plate Lithography is going International! I spent the weekend of July 13-14 teaching a short and very intensive non-toxic Century Plate Lithography Part 1 class at EFA-Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to two artists from the Summerworks Residency Program of Art Hub Copenhagen/EFA-RBPMW (Moa Alskog, Anne Louise Blicher), a founding director of KKV Graficworkshop printshop in Malmo, Sweden (Vera Ohlsson) and an artist from Union City, NJ (Ruben Duran). 

The workshop was a super-intensive due to covering a lot in a short amount of time.

Bucolic Printmaking Weekend at Snow Farm

on Mon, 07/22/2019 - 18:20

 

I spent a gorgeous three-day weekend teaching a group of very talented artists during my Experimental Printmaking class at Snow Farm in Williamsburg, MA June 7-9.  We covered relief, intaglio, monotype, collagraph and chine collet printmaking techniques and experimented with combining some or all of them to create colorful, textural multi-layered prints using non-toxic materials, recycled objects and water-soluble ink. 

What a great way to start the summer!  Stay posted for more photos of the wonderful work my students produced in the Galleries pages on this website.

Photos: Randy

Century Plate Super Intensive

on Wed, 01/16/2019 - 00:48

 

Artist, Ithaca College faculty member and founder of the Ink Shop, Pamela Drix  and her husband braved the cold and ice and drove over for a one-day, Century Plate Super Intensive tutorial with me on January 5th.  Contact me to schedule a tutorial, workshop or demonstration at Cherry Press or your studio, printshop or college facility today!

Century Plate Lithography Workshop Part 1 at Guttenberg Arts

on Wed, 01/16/2019 - 00:39

Get ready, Jersey for a three-day introduction to Century Plate Lithography at Guttenberg Arts. Learn how to grain, etch, process and print a re-usable Century Plate with non-toxic, bio-based and biodegradable materials!

Friday Evening - February 8, 6:30-9:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday February 9 & 10  10 am-4 pm
Visit 
guttenbergarts.org to register

Guttenberg Arts is an incredible community art space equipped with a printshop, ceramics studio and gallery....and is also the home of Paper Crown Press and Carrier Pigeon Magazine. Guttenberg Arts, 6903 Jackson St., Guttenberg NJ 07093 

Century Plate Lithography Demonstration at RISD

on Fri, 11/16/2018 - 23:08

I demonstrated Century Plate Lithography, a non-toxic and sustainable process using bio-based, biodegradable etches and processing materials at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)'s Printmaking Department on November 6.  I am thrilled that they have adopted Century Plate Litho for the rest of the semester, in place of ball-grained plates and the traditional, toxic and petroleum-based chemistry.

Printmaking Professor Andrew Raftery about to draw on the Century Plate

Professor Cornelia McSheehy and students

More students examine the Century Plate and proof on the press

California Dreaming: Winter Century Plate Lithography Workshop in Sunny California

on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 19:39

Non-toxic Century Plate Litho Workshop Part 1 at CREATE Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA

I'm very excited to be introducing West Coast artists in the Coachella Valley to sustainable litho this coming January!  In this workshop students will learn how to grain a reusable Century Plate like a lithographic limestone, prepare a registration maquette and printing paper, transfer images and draw directly on the plates with a variety of media, etch and process with bio-based, biodegradable materials, print on CREATE's etching/relief press, clean and store an inked plate and re-grain a plate for

Century Plate Litho Coming to Guttenberg Arts November 16-18

on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 19:33

Get ready, Jersey for a three-day, intensive introduction to Century Plate Lithography at Guttenberg Arts in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Guttenberg Arts is an incredible community art space equipped with a printshop, ceramics studio and gallery....and is also the home of Paper Crown Press and Carrier Pigeon Magazine!
Guttenberg Arts is easily accessible from the NYC area (only a half hour bus ride from Port Authority), New York State and Pennsylvania.

Friday Evening - November 15, 6:30-9:30 pm    Saturday-Sunday 16 & 17  10 am-4 pm     

Go to guttenbergarts.org/workshops to register today!

Century Plate Lithography Workshop Part 2 at EFA-RBPMW

on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 19:22

October 5-7, 2018: I taught a 2.5 day intensive Century Plate Lithography Part 2 class at EFA-Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City. In this whirlwind weekend workshop we re-visited techniques covered in Part 1 and covered graining for and coating plates with Posi-Coat (the first non-toxic, positive-working photo emulsion), exposed test plates, learned how to create tusche washes and and etch and process them with non-toxic materials and re-visited proofing on RBPMW's Charles Brand litho press.

Fall Printmaking Workshops

on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 01:14

Non-toxic Century Plate Litho Workshop Part 1 at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop

I will be returning to my favorite printshop in NYC- Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop this fall! In Part 1, I will demonstrate how to grain a reusable Century Plate like a lithographic limestone, prepare a registration maquette and printing paper, transfer images and draw directly on the plates with a variety of media, etch and process with bio-based, biodegradable materials, roll out ink and print on the litho press(es).

Friday, September 21 6:30-9:30 pm    Saturday & Sunday, September 22-23

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