$70.

TIME & DATE

SUN APRIL 26th , 1-4 pm

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Collagraphy is a basic yet versatile printmaking process in which a textured plate is inked up and put through a press. It’s so versatile you can make plates from cardboard packaging, box board, and found objects.

We’ll explore various plate materials and how to make marks with simple tools like craft knives. We’ll then learn how to ink those plates with proper technique and print them in a press and by hand. 

The best part? Participants will have the opportunity to make a large-scale collagraph that will be printed with a steam roller in the laneway behind GB Arts at our BIG PRINTS event coming up in May! 

Students will leave with a large masonite panel and materials to work on a large-scale image to be printed three weeks later at our BIG PRINTS event on Sunday, May 17th.

YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Leah Springate

Leah is a printmaker and book designer now living in Owen Sound. She graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art where she specialized in Printmaking and Book Arts. After a 20-year career designing books at Penguin Random House Canada, she left to focus on producing her own work as co-proprietor of Mammoth Hall Press, a private printmaking and design studio.

She has worked in many printmaking media including linocut and woodcut, etching and drypoint, screen-printing, cyanotype, and letterpress. 

Her work is held internationally in public and private collections.

Paul Hunter is an artist, writer, and printmaker. He graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art in Printmaking and Book Arts. He is also co-proprietor of Mammoth Hall Press which he started in 1990 with his wife, the artist and designer, Leah Springate. Their private presses’ prints and hand-made books have been exhibited across Canada and Japan. In 2021 they moved from Toronto and now make their home in Owen Sound, Ontario. 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Wear; closed toe shoes & work clothes to get dirty in

Suitable for all levels.

Wheelchair accessible

Bring readers for working small