Van Lier Learning Series Part Two:
Do It Yourself Polymer Plates
In 2010-11 the Center awarded three year-long scholarships to Kimberly McClure, Sarah McDermott, and Benjamin Reynaert as part of the Edward and Sally Van Lier Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts, funded by the New York Community Trust Van Lier Fund. This program is intended to support individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to the artistic endeavors in the book arts, and to provide opportunities to emerging artists committed to developing careers in the book arts field. This summer we’re offering a series of three workshops with our scholars-in-residence. Students may sign up for the entire series or just for one class, each taking place on a Saturday during the months of July and August.The second installment of this series, Do It Yourself Polymer Plates is coming up the end of this month, with Sarah McDermott. Sarah's workshop is designed to expand your options for image-making on the letterpress, and to skirt the time delay and expense often involved in sending away for polymer plates. Over the course of a fun and full day we will make polymer plates from scratched negatives, rubylith cut-outs, and solar exposure methods, without sending away for negatives or plate making. These techniques result in a variety of line qualities and textures that can be used for both images and hand-lettering. We will experiment with combining techniques as we go through the steps of preparing negatives, exposing the plates (via both an exposure unit and the sun), washing them out by hand, and then printing them.
Coming up on July 30, Saturday, 10 am to 4pm
With Sarah McDermott
Complete registration details are here.
