SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 // 21
Imprint Gallery makes an impression
Longer fall sessions
promise a tour
of printmaking
techniques
etching, reduction linocut,
monotype and chine colle
and multiplate drypoint.
Linocut holiday cards will
be the focus of workshops
Friday and Saturday, Nov.
17 and 18.
For a full description of
each class, the instructors
and the schedule, see the
gallery website, imprintgal-
lery.com.
“The full-day workshops
are introductory, and the
two- and three-day work-
shops are more intermedi-
ary and advanced,” Jane
Brumfield said. However,
she added, even those with
no printmaking experience
but who are familiar with art
materials and drawing would
enjoy the workshops.
Although they are open
to all ages, children under 14
must be accompanied by an
adult participant.
By NANCY McCARTHY
FOR COAST WEEKEND
A
t Imprint Gallery
in Cannon Beach,
there’s more to do
than admire the intriguing
paintings and sculptures on
the main floor.
There’s an opportunity to
create art, and by doing that,
to develop an appreciation
of the artists’ prints covering
the walls of the gallery’s
second floor.
Tucked upstairs is a
studio where gallery visitors
can drop in on weekends
or reserve time a day in
advance to try their hands at
linocut or drypoint print-
making. But if a 45-minute
afternoon workshop isn’t
enough to satisfy the inner
artist, the gallery is offer-
ing several one-, two- and
three-day workshops in the
fall.
“This will be a tour of
printmaking techniques,”
said Jane Brumfield, who
owns the gallery with her
husband, Mike.
In addition to sessions on
linocut and drypoint, the fall
workshops will also explore
silk aquatint, electro-plate
etching with saltwater, sten-
cil silkscreen, softground
PHOTOS BY NANCY MCCARTHY
TOP: Kathy Carrier, of Arch Cape, and Terri Churdash, of Portland,
work on their linoleum blocks while instructor Alisa Vernon pro-
vides advice. BELOW: Instructor Alisa Vernon shows how to hold
a blade and cut a line into a linoleum block. She cautioned to
keep fingers back from the blade.
‘A magic quality’
During a recent Saturday
afternoon workshop, par-
ticipants learned how lines
chiseled on a linoleum block
could become a personal
work of art.
Instructor Alisa Vernon
led them through the basics
of linocut printmaking,
from how to use the various
cutting blades to encourag-
ing them, even when they
carved a line in the wrong
direction, to “roll with your
happy accidents.”
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