Valentine's Printmaking Workshop

In this fun, beginner-friendly workshop, students are encouraged to work at their own pace and enjoy the process of learning how to create compelling designs for a 5”x4” card, how to carve a linoleum block for repeatable use, as well as several inking techniques for making one-off monoprints.

SUPPLY LIST

• Linoleum 4x5.5” Speedy Carve Block (2 per person)
• Lino cutter
• Rubber Brayer
• Plexiglass sheet for mixing ink 8”x10”
• Optional: Large wooden or plastic spoon for cooking, to be used for hand printing
• Optional: Palette knife for mixing ink
• Optional: Scrap or decorative papers you might want to print on

Please also bring $____ in cash for these additional materials to be shared by everyone in the class (amount to be provided soon, please check back):

• Water Soluble Ink - Red, White and Black
• Newsprint for proofing
• Blank cards with envelopes for printing
• Shop Towels for clean up

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Lucia Volker is an artist and designer who explores abstraction using various techniques in painting, printmaking and site-specific mixed media installations.

Inspired by formal elements of design, mark making and non-fine art types of painting, Lucia has developed a vast body of work shown in galleries across Canada and the United States, including Red Head Gallery in Toronto and ZINC Contemporary in Seattle. Select residencies include Assets for Artists at MASS MoCA, The Ou Gallery and Leña Artist Research and Residency Centre.

In 2023 she collaborated with the City of Victoria for the downtown Art-in-Kisok public art initiative, and she has worked with numerous collectors to create custom commissioned paintings for their homes and businesses.

She earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from the University of Utah, and a Diploma of Interior Design from Pacific Design Academy.

www.luciavolker.com

CLASS LOCATION

This workshop is hosted by the Arts & Culture Colwood Society at the Goldfinch Arts Centre, a bright & modern gallery space that looks out to the Esquimalt Lagoon and the Colwood Waterfront beyond, where you will be surrounded by original artwork by local artists in an exhibition called Furred, Feathered and Scaled, which runs February 5th through March 1st.

Please visit our website for more details on this and other upcoming events: www.artsandculturecolwood.ca.

Class size limit 14 people

Ticket sales end on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 2pm PST