Tricks of the Trade Workshop #2*
“Repetition and Appropriation through Photo-Silk-Screening”
with Mari Schroeder, BA Studio Art, 200, UC Davis
Friday, February 22
Print Lab
(note: on February 21 we will need a handful of volunteers to coat screens with emulsion)
10am to 6pm
Limited to 25 advanced art majors.
Register here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BPNvG3fQOEnmvvwABzk5IFbhBE9v6cEqsnvOP7cKHpk/edit?usp=sharing
*Tricks of the Trade, a series of hands-on workshops, funded by an Undergraduate Instructional Improvement Program grant will take place over the next few quarters, on Fridays, and will be open to up to 25 students per workshop. The purpose of the workshops is to provide students with in-depth, hands on, exposure to processes across disciplines, that they may not have a timely opportunity to explore in a class setting.
Screen-printing (also known as silk-screening) is a simple process that allows the artist to print from a hand drawn image or from photographic images. In this workshop, taught by Mari Schroeder, students will work with a photographic image, or multiple smaller images, burn them onto a sensitized screen, and then print the images from the screen.
Images can be screen printed on to natural fiber fabric or clothing (such as cotton, linen, rayon, or silk) as well as paper, wood, or leather. Emphasis will be on the exploration of patterns and images that deepen both the narrative and conceptual dimensions of your work.
Students should IDEALLY come to the workshop with images already converted into B & W negatives and printed on 8 1/2” X 11” ink-jet mylar (or on USB storage devices to convert/print in the studio), as well as assorted materials to print on, and work clothes. Materials List: TBA