Repeating Pattern Relief Printmaking Workshop

$150.00

Instructed by Ray Seebeck

Saturday, June 27, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

This workshop focuses on developing original repeating patterns and translating them into relief woodcuts for seamless printing. It draws from traditional printmaking techniques historically used for wallpaper, textiles, furniture, and decorative interiors.

Students will begin with a floral image, architectural detail, drawing, or other visual reference and learn how to transform it into a seamless repeating pattern by hand through tracing, composition, registration, and repeat construction techniques. The final result will be a single-layer relief block that can be printed repeatedly across the same sheet to create a continuous pattern. Students will walk away with their custom wood block and printed pattern sheets of paper.

This is a wood carving workshop. The prints will be crated on our etching press and printed by hand. Results may vary from reference images.

Instructed by Ray Seebeck

Saturday, June 27, 12-6pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

This workshop focuses on developing original repeating patterns and translating them into relief woodcuts for seamless printing. It draws from traditional printmaking techniques historically used for wallpaper, textiles, furniture, and decorative interiors.

Students will begin with a floral image, architectural detail, drawing, or other visual reference and learn how to transform it into a seamless repeating pattern by hand through tracing, composition, registration, and repeat construction techniques. The final result will be a single-layer relief block that can be printed repeatedly across the same sheet to create a continuous pattern. Students will walk away with their custom wood block and printed pattern sheets of paper.

This is a wood carving workshop. The prints will be crated on our etching press and printed by hand. Results may vary from reference images.

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.