Nature's Impression: Linocut Printing

with Lee Ann Frame

August 2, 10:00 a.m–1 p.m.

Tuition: $100

Materials Fee: $20

In Ox-Bow's print studio, students will learn how to transfer a drawing to a block, carve a linocut, create effective positive and negative space, ink, add color through various processes, and register their hand pulled print. Demonstrations will guide students through these basics and include adding color with handmade papers and inking and embossing with natural shapes and textures inspired by the Ox-Bow landscape.

Plan to bring: Sketchbook, drawings or photos to transfer, pencil, and apron. 

Lee Ann Frame was born and raised near the shores of Lake Michigan. She earned an MFA in printmaking and taught for 17 years. Currently she leads workshops for local and international groups. She has exhibited in juried exhibitions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art Mezzanine Store Gallery, Boston Printmakers Biennial, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art, and ISEA International, receiving several awards. Frame is a member of the Boston Printmakers; Society of American Graphic Artists (a board member); South West Michigan Printmakers; and California Society of Etchers. Her residencies include Ireland, Spain, and the East Coast. She is published in the Boston Printmakers Members News. Collected by: Newark Public Library Newark; Alma College, Michigan; Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan; Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan; Henry Ford Medical Center, Bloomfield, Michigan; Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and in many private and corporate institutions.

Diane Haworth, linocut with chine collé. Image courtesy of Lee Ann Frame