Printmaking
Code: R0908-25
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Open to All
Students of any skill and knowledge level.
Building Layers in Monoprint
Jul 28 - Aug 1, 2025
9AM-5PM
Concept
Taking an exploratory approach to image making, this workshop combines a variety of collage and printmaking techniques. Monoprint techniques are taught in combination with archival collage techniques, with an emphasis on color and printed layers. Students are encouraged to work beyond the first layer of printed imagery to create a new body of work that extends in size and has no technical limitations. With a focus on color, shape, line, and pattern, the goal of this workshop is to further each student’s image vocabulary using printmaking and collage.
Media & Techniques
Monoprint, collage, color, layered prints
Faculty
Laura Berman
Laura Crehuet Berman is a native of Barcelona, Spain, where her love for pattern, design, and bold colors originated. She has exhibited in over 150 exhibitions at galleries and museums internationally and her prints are widely collected. Berman is currently a Professor at Kansas City Art Institute.
Laura Berman, Origin 21
Join Waitlist for Building Layers in Monoprint
Thank you for your interest in the waitlist. When space in a workshop or program becomes available, registration will open on the website. Everyone on the waitlist will be emailed to alert them of the opening. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to register for the workshop or program.
Printmaking
Discover the exciting possibilities of this historically rooted medium. Our Printmaking program fosters a supportive studio atmosphere where artists of all levels have the freedom to experiment and learn new techniques. Summer printmaking workshops, taught by accomplished artists and educators, offer a fresh take on the medium, mixing traditional processes with experimental attitudes.
Anderson Ranch’s Patton Printmaking Studio is clean, spacious, and outfitted with a variety of presses and equipment to accommodate screen printing, relief, intaglio, monoprinting, bookmaking, mokuhanga, and lithography. Students have access to individual work tables, wall space, rags, hand tools, computers with Adobe software, wifi, printing, scanning, and projection capabilities.
At Anderson Ranch, the process of printmaking honors tradition, innovation, community and collaboration. We invite you to explore, experiment and expand your visual expression in this captivating environment.
Workshop Details
Workshop Supplies
For general information about studio access, shipping, and more, please visit our info page.
If you have any questions regarding your supplies for your workshop, please contact Lindsey Yeager, [email protected].
Provided by Anderson Ranch
Equipment
- Brayers**
- Computer
- Containers
- Cutting mats**
- Drills
- Emulsion remover
- Gamsol**
- Glass top surfaces
- Gloves
- Hair dryers
- Hot plates
- Ink knives
- Irons
- Large-format transparency printer
- Laser printer
- Newsprint**
- Paper cutter
- Paper towels
- Push pins
- Rags
- Razor scrapers
- Rubbing alcohol
- Rulers**
- Scissors
- Soaking trays
- Soysolv
- Sponges**
- Squeegees
- Vegetable oil
- Work tables
Supplies
- Assorted Hanco litho inks
- Baby wipes
- Bone folders
- Bristol paper**
- Burnt plate oil
- Chipboard
- Engraving tools, drypoint needles
- Flash oil
- Glassine**
- Gloves
- Glue erasers
- Gudy V (831) Mounting Adhesive
- Hanco transparent base
- Masking tape**
- Matte Duralar**
- Newsprint**
- Palette paper**
- Pencils**
- Plexiglass
- PVA glue
- Roll of acetate (for making stencils)
- Scrap paper
- Setswell
- Tarlatan
- Tracing paper
- Utility knives
- Water-soluble crayons
- Wax paper / aluminum foil
- Wonder Gel
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- Blue tape, 1 roll**
- Drawing materials of choice
- Glue brush
- Non-traditional drawing tools like q-tips, yarn, string, fabric pieces–-things with soft textures
- Sketchbook**
- Variety of Eastern and Western paper, suggestions below**
- Watercolor, acrylic, or gouache**
- X-acto #1 knife**
- Prohibited supplies: power tools, torches, spray paint, encaustic, turpentine, resin, plastisol, any solvent that isn’t low VOC
Optional Tools and Supplies
- Acid-free drawing paper (20 sheets)**
- Apron**
- Hosho student**
- Kitakata**
- Kozo roll
- Reference imagery of patterns
- Rives Lightweight 22 x 26” paper (10-15 sheets)**
- Source imagery**
- Stonehenge, 90 lb. weight, white (15-20 sheets)**
- Strathmore 300 Printmaking Series (pad of 30 sheets)**
- White (or light colored) t-shirt for screen printing**
* Available for purchase in the studio.
** Available to purchase at the Anderson Ranch ArtWorks Store for 10% off. The store aims to stock comparable items, though specific products from the supply list may vary based on inventory.
Learn more about shipping supplies and artwork to and from the Ranch in the Student Handbook.
Lodging & Meals
Housing is limited and includes shared and private lodging options. Reservations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you reserve housing, the better your chance of receiving your preferred option. Please note: Workshop costs do not include accommodations.
NEW: Tuition includes a welcome dinner and lunches. In our effort to foster a stronger sense of community and accessibility at Anderson Ranch, we include the welcome dinner and all lunches as part of the tuition for summer workshop students. Our hope is that this adjustment will encourage all students to come together to share meals and engage in meaningful conversations. The Ranch Café Meal Plan, which is included with Room and Board fees, strives to provide healthy, creative meals that will nourish your artistic creativity. Learn more.
We have established a Business Safety Plan with added layers of precaution that prioritize the health and safety of our staff, students, faculty and guests while continuing to provide you with the Anderson Ranch experience that you know and enjoy.
Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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