Día de los Muertos: Calaveras CHINE-COLLE & LINO Carving Workshop

$150.00

Instructed by Paloma Núñez-Regueiro

Saturday, October 31, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

Chine-collé is a printmaking technique that involves transferring an image onto a thin, colored paper that is bonded to a thicker support paper. In this workshop the Chine-Collé  technique will be used conjunction with linoleum block carving and printing. Each participant will produce in a set of two-layered, multi colored block prints.

The word "chine-collé" comes from the French words chine, which means tissue and collé, which means glued. It results in a two-layered paper support: a tissue-thin paper, cut to the size of the linoleum block, and a larger, thicker support paper below.

Both the tissue and the support sheet are placed on top of the inked block and run together through the printing press. The process creates a subtle, delicate backdrop to the printed image. Paloma will guide you in this step by step process to create colorful prints made from only one carved plate.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a vibrant Mexican holiday observed annually from November 1 to 2. Rather than a time of mourning, it is a joyful celebration where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives to feast, drink, and share memories together.

Calavera is Spanish for "skull". It most famously refers to the decorative or edible skulls used during the Mexican celebration of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

This is an image based linoleum carving workshop. Come prepared with ideas of what your print might look like or images that you plan to carve. If you have an idea involving text, keep in mind that this will need to be hand carved as a mirrored image, from the linoleum material.

Linoleum carving is a common method used by printers to create illustrations and other shape-based elements in their print projects.

Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.

Instructed by Paloma Núñez-Regueiro

Saturday, October 31, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

Chine-collé is a printmaking technique that involves transferring an image onto a thin, colored paper that is bonded to a thicker support paper. In this workshop the Chine-Collé  technique will be used conjunction with linoleum block carving and printing. Each participant will produce in a set of two-layered, multi colored block prints.

The word "chine-collé" comes from the French words chine, which means tissue and collé, which means glued. It results in a two-layered paper support: a tissue-thin paper, cut to the size of the linoleum block, and a larger, thicker support paper below.

Both the tissue and the support sheet are placed on top of the inked block and run together through the printing press. The process creates a subtle, delicate backdrop to the printed image. Paloma will guide you in this step by step process to create colorful prints made from only one carved plate.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a vibrant Mexican holiday observed annually from November 1 to 2. Rather than a time of mourning, it is a joyful celebration where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives to feast, drink, and share memories together.

Calavera is Spanish for "skull". It most famously refers to the decorative or edible skulls used during the Mexican celebration of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

This is an image based linoleum carving workshop. Come prepared with ideas of what your print might look like or images that you plan to carve. If you have an idea involving text, keep in mind that this will need to be hand carved as a mirrored image, from the linoleum material.

Linoleum carving is a common method used by printers to create illustrations and other shape-based elements in their print projects.

Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.

Ray Seebeck

https://www.rayseebeck.com/

Ray Seebeck is an artist and publisher currently living in the Detroit, Michigan area. They studied Print Media and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. As an early career artist, they focused on experimental drawing series and book arts. In 2021, they started their independent art biennial Magazine TM, which highlights artists through creative handmade book arts techniques and is currently working on its third release. During a three-year period working at Free Range in Chicago, they produced over 50 woodcuts focused on landscape, figures, and interiors, along with two magazine releases. Their work is held in collections including the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection and the Samir Husni Magazine Collection at the University of Missouri. They are currently an MFA student in Print Media (2027) at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.