About the event
November 23 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Supplies included. | No experience necessary
Make your gifts one of a kind this season! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll design and carve your own linocut stamp, then use it to print repeating patterns on kraft paper. You’ll leave with custom gift wrap, cards, and tags. We’ll cover basic carving techniques, easy ways to transfer an image to your block, and how to ink and stamp a pattern by hand. Choose from ready-made templates or bring your own ideas, from winter, nature, and botanicals, for designs that suit any celebration. No experience needed. Just bring your curiosity! Participants will also learn tips and tricks for continuing to block print at home.
Where
Instructor
Aarame Ryan
As a poet, printmaker, arts administrator, and art collector, the arts permeate all aspects of Aaramë’s life. Originally from Texada and the upper Sunshine Coast, she has called Vancouver Island home since 1999. She is grateful for the privilege to spend her life on Stz’uminus, Snuneymuxw, Tla’amin and other Coast Salish territories. Since 2008, she has operated a small home-based printmaking studio creating handmade prints. She has taught printmaking workshops through Nanaimo Art Gallery, Vancouver Island University, Gabriola Isle of the Arts Festival, Ladysmith Art Gallery, and private studio classes. She holds a Diploma of Visual Arts from Vancouver Island University and is an alumna of the Leadership Vancouver Island program.
Tickets
12 spots remaining.