Barbobot Designs
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printmaking classes
ALL CLASSES HELD AT:

Inklings Print Studio
301 Cortland Avenue
San Francisco CA

$120 single class
$200 for pair
Minimum 3 students per class, maximum 6
All materials included in course price unless noted
Gift Certificates Available

Basic Carving

  • Feb 28 or April 4
  • 1 - 4 PM
  • 3 - 6 Participants

THE FIRST STEP TO BEAUTIFUL PRINTS

Learn basic carving skills

  • How to translate ideas into successful compositions
  • Experience various carving mediums and tools
  • Safety and best practices

 

Students will leave with a 5×7” carved linoleum block to be used in printing class of their choice

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Basic Printing

  • March 7 or April 11
  • 1 - 4 PM
  • 3 - 6 Participants
GREAT FOR FIRST-TIME PRINTMAKERS

Learn basic printing skills for printing at home (no press needed)

  • Hands on experience inking and transferring with various inks, paper and hand printing tools
  • How to successfully print at home with basic equipment

 

Students will print in water-based inks from a 5×7” carved block created in Basic Carving Class

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Printing on Press

  • March 14 or April 18
  • 1 - 4 PM
  • 3 - 6 Participants
TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN PRINTING 

Open to beginners or those who simply want time on studio level equipment

  • Experience the speed and repeatability of a 18″ roller press
  • Inking with high end brayers and oil-based inks
  • Learn to soak and prepare paper for roller press
  • 1/8” thick linoleum blocks only,  up to 12″x20″

Paper provided up to 9″x12″.  Bring your own paper for larger size plates.

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Creative Printing

  • Date TBD
  • 3 - 6 Participants
MONOTYPES, COLLAGE AND OTHER CREATIVE PRINT PROCESSES 

This is a more free-form process than traditional relief printing-perfect for painters or artists who find carving too tedious

  • Create one of a kind prints using a combination of collage and printmaking techniques
  • Print from all types of pattern making objects – stencils, foam, found objects.  There is no limit!

 

Students will create multiple 8×10 original prints

(Materials included. Larger paper available at additional cost)

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Printing on Fabric

  • Date TBD
  • 3 - 6 Participants

Linocut printing on fabric 
Less a class and more of a pay-what-you-can seminar of printing on fabric

  • T-shirts and light canvas bags will be available for sale
  • Inks and printing tools provided

 

Suggested donation $50 to cover studio rent

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