Classes
Second State Press offers a variety of classes exploring printmaking techniques. Class sizes are limited to no more than 8 students.
New Winter Classes!
RecollETCHion
Class Dates: Saturday, January 14th & Sunday, January 15th
Class time: Noon-5 PM
Instructor: Zach Lindenberger
You love making etchings…but it’s been a while and you’re not sure if you can tell the difference between a ball ground and a ball burnisher. Join us and you’ll be back in the swing of things before you can say, “spit bite aquatint”.
Second State Press’ own Zach Lindenberger will guide you through a two day survey of the essential processes involved in the development and printing of etched intaglio plates. You’ll walk away from our workshop with a line etching, an aquatinted version of the same plate, a ton of supplemental technical descriptions, a set of etching tools, and the confidence you’ll need to embark on your next project.
Class cost: $100 members/ $120 non-member
Material Fee: $70
Mono-Silkscreen Printing
Class Dates: Saturday, January 21st & Sunday, January 22nd
Class time: Noon-5 PM
Instructor: Ryan Parker
In this course we will produce unique printed images using a silkscreen as a drawing/painting medium. We will explore various techniques that will include the use of cut stencils, hand drawing and painting onto the screen, as well as the incorporation of prepared photo-silkscreened textures and patterns. This way of working can produce images with a variety of textures and painterly effects.
Ryan Parker was born in Arizona, grew up in Florida, and now works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied printmaking at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy and Philadelphia, receiving his MFA in 2009. He has participated in various national shows for his print and drawing work.
Class cost: $100 members/ $120 non-member
Material Fee: $50
Seriality and Narrative in Intaglio
Class Dates: Saturdays, February 4, 11, 18, & 25
Class Time: Noon-2:30 PM
Instructor: Serena Perrone
Seriality and Narrative in Intaglio will employ intrinsic techniques of the intaglio printmaking process to create a series of prints that result from an original plate that evolves and is altered over the course of four weeks. Beginning intaglio techniques will be taught incrementally and the copper plate will be reworked and printed multiple times allowing for imbued narratives to arise and evolve through each successive state. Students will learn how to prepare a plate, transfer imagery, and use a range of techniques including drypoint, line etch, aquatint, spit bite, and sugar lift to create their imagery. Students will also learn how to handle paper and edition their prints, as a small edition will be pulled from each state, resulting in an editioned series of prints.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Serena Perrone majored in Painting, Art History, and French at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. In 2006 she received an MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. She has lived in Philadelphia since 2006 and exhibits widely. Her work belongs to numerous private and public collections including the permanent collections of the RISD Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is represented by Cade Tompkins Editions.
Class Cost: $100 member/ $120 non-member
Material Fee: $70
Down and Dirty Screen Printing
Class Date: February 12
Class Time: Noon- 6:30, with a 30 minute break
Instructor: Jennifer McTague
Screen Printing is just like riding a bike…Once you’ve made a few you’ll never forget how it’s done. Just find yourself a pressure washer to remove that old stencil from your screen, get out the scoop coater to spread emulsion on your screen (oh yeah, you’ll need emulsion), track down a reliable UV light source, do a bunch of exposure tests with a variety of film positives, build a hinged registration system, replace the dry-rotted blade that’s in your squeegee, and make sure you’re in printing in a space that will support the volume of prints you’re about to pull. Yup, it’s just like riding a bike.
Second State Press Co-founder and FMW printer, Jennifer McTague, will guide you through the steps of making a screen print. Students enrolled in the class can expect to explore various stencil making techniques, discuss registration methods, and review the printing process. This is a great class if you are new to the medium or just need a refresher.
Class Cost: $60/ $75 non-member
Material Fee: $50
Interested in learning something new? Tell us what class YOU want to take! Email info[at]secondstatepress.org.
