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Intro to Woodcut Printmaking: Single Layer Prints

$170.00

Instructed by Ray Seebeck

Saturday, April 4, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

In this workshop, participants will create single-layer relief prints using woodcut techniques on 6x8 woodblocks. Working with one color allows for a strong focus on bold composition, graphic contrast, and expressive carving.

Relief printmaking has been used across cultures for centuries, including in art, storytelling, and protest. In this class, we’ll explore how a single carved block can produce dynamic images through mark-making, texture, and shape.

Participants should bring 3–5 source images, and we’ll choose one together to develop during the workshop. Emphasis will be on interiors, text-based imagery, simple graphic drawings, portraiture, and abstraction. However please feel free to bring any ideas, sketches, or source images you'd like to work with.

We’ll cover:

  • Selecting an image suited to single-layer relief

  • Carving techniques for line, texture, and contrast

  • Preparing a block for printing

  • Inking and printing a finished relief print

Instructed by Ray Seebeck

Saturday, April 4, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

In this workshop, participants will create single-layer relief prints using woodcut techniques on 6x8 woodblocks. Working with one color allows for a strong focus on bold composition, graphic contrast, and expressive carving.

Relief printmaking has been used across cultures for centuries, including in art, storytelling, and protest. In this class, we’ll explore how a single carved block can produce dynamic images through mark-making, texture, and shape.

Participants should bring 3–5 source images, and we’ll choose one together to develop during the workshop. Emphasis will be on interiors, text-based imagery, simple graphic drawings, portraiture, and abstraction. However please feel free to bring any ideas, sketches, or source images you'd like to work with.

We’ll cover:

  • Selecting an image suited to single-layer relief

  • Carving techniques for line, texture, and contrast

  • Preparing a block for printing

  • Inking and printing a finished relief print

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.