About This Activity
Create a sizeable linocut block and prints that showcase your favorite insect. Insects inspire us with their visual complexity, displaying intricate patterns, textures, and colors that can become captivating works of art. Additionally, insects can carry significant meanings thematically, conveying various symbolic interpretations across cultures. For instance, butterflies represent transformation, bees signify industry, scarab beetles symbolize renewal, and spiders represent wisdom and creativity. This class will help you transform your chosen insect into whimsical, multicolored graphics. You will receive guidance in selecting reference images and enhancing your concept, design, and composition. The instructor will demonstrate how to transfer your design onto the lino block and safely carve lines. You will then learn how to use a jigsaw technique to divide your block into sections, ink them individually with safe wash inks, and print using an etching press. This jigsaw method produces multicolored prints from a single block. From concept to creation, you'll learn step-by-step techniques and leave with freshly pulled prints of your inspiring insects. Materials included Nicole Patrice Dul
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Cheltenham Center for the Arts
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Cheltenham, PA
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