Engraving Workshop at Abecedarian Gallery!

I will be teaching a workshop in conjunction with Abecedarian Gallery:

Relief Engraving Printmaking

Sunday August 29, 2010

12:30 - 4:00pm

Learn the art of wood engraving! We will use High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) to carve small-scale compositions we will print by hand. Learn how to use a traditional engraving burin as well as how to lay out a black and white composition, and carve intricate line work into the material.

For this workshop I will supply high-impact styrene blocks, paper, ink and a set of basic tools for students to use during the workshop. The workshop will be held at Alicia Bailey’s studio, which is just north of Lowry.

Workshop fee is $65 including materials

To hold your space for this workshop, send a non-refundable deposit of $25 to

Abecedarian Gallery 910 Santa Fe, #101, Denver, CO 80204

or you can fax/mail credit card info to 303.479.9556

(include 3 digit CCV & billing address please)

For more information contact Alicia Bailey, alicia@abecedariangallery.com

720.282.4052 or 303.340.2110

Summertime Craziness!!!

This week I head out to South Dakota for the fabulous "Frogman's Print and Paper Workshop" where I will be assisting and taking the classes of two very talented artists.

First up is books with Bonnie Stahlecker. Back in 2001, my first year at Frogman's, Bonnie was teaching books next door to my engraving class. I was so amazed by her books that I told myself i would take her class next time she taught at Frogman's. So, 8 years later, I will be learning how to emboss leather book covers using a linoleum cut. (An artist book using the embossing technique by Bonnie Stahlecker is below.)

Second is metal engraving with James Ehlers, a professor of engraving at Emporia State University in Kansas. You can check out his incredible work at http://www.jamesehlers.org/. Carving on metal is such a vastly different experience than carving on endgrain or resin. I tend to think in relief, and so I hope to break out and think in the positive for at least a week.

More to come about the adventures in Vermillion! Happy Printing to all this summer!

Feature on The Fancy Tiger Blog!

If you are interested in learning more about my work check out this blog, and come by the Fancy Tiger on Friday June 4!

http://fancytigerclothing.blogspot.com/2010/05/june-denver-made-interview-johanna.html

First Friday at THE FANCY TIGER!

Aside from an awesome name, The Fancy Tiger is an awesome homegrown retail store. Owner Matthew Brown represents Denver's best clothing and accessories designers and local jewelry artists. The first friday of every month The Fancy Tiger hosts a Denver artist or designer for "Denver Made," a monthly trunk show series allowing designers to showcase their wares set to the cozy environment and sweet tunage of The Fancy Tiger.

My prints and handmade sculptures, cards and books will be featured in June for

"Denver Made"

So join me and see what's new at The Fancy Tiger,

JUNE 4, 2010 7-10pm

14 South Broadway

Denver CO

My prints will be available for viewing and sale through the month of June at The Fancy Tiger

Check them out at: http://www.fancytiger.com/events.clothing.html

Classes at Anderson Ranch

The Most Fabulous Jennifer Ghormley will be teaching at Anderson Ranch this summer. For those in need of a brush up on their Digital Printmaking skills, please visit the link below and sign up for the class!

p.s. who wouldn't want to spend their summer in Aspen, Colorado with fabulous art making facilities?

Dearest Printmakers,

Still in the dark about the digital revolution?

Nervous to run fabric or weird things through your printer?

Not sure how to print an etching over a digital print?

Or do you just need to spend a week experimenting and trying new things???

Anderson Ranch Art Center is hosting a traditional/digital printmaking workshop this summer called Print Fusion. Check it out! {A few scholarships are still available for those who qualify}

http://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/courses/details/index.php?page=printmaking&id=2476

Raindrops

This print will be featured in the portfolio: Tempus Fugit ("Time Flies")

Raindrops fall and cleanse, wipe away memory. Breath flows from heart to mind to mouth, each moment is a breath, time flying by.