www.waterbasedinks.com SHOP ONLINE Akua Intaglio Inks Discount Ink Sets Platemaking Supplies Discount Carborundum Set Summer Workshops with Akua Inks California with Beth Fine New Mexico with various artists North Carolina with Joseph Loccisano Spain with Henrik Boegh and Paco Mora Scotland with Keith Howard The PinPress Contest ended June 1. The winner will notified on June 4th. The name of the winner will be announced in our next newsletter. May Printmaking Newsletter June 2, 2010 (oops, a little bit late) Features: Carborundum Collagraph A collagraph is a platemaking process in which simple materials such as acrylic mediums, textured papers, fabrics, etc. are used to build up the surface of the plate. Silk Aquatint, Carborundumand PhotoCarborundum are considered Collagraphs. These low tech and inexpensive methods will produce rich and highly developed images with out the use of dangerous chemicals or acids. WATCH VIDEO DEMO: Carborundum Collagraph Monoprint Catherine Kernan prints a carborundum collagraph monoprint with viscosity rolls using Akua Intaglio inks. Catherine Kernan printing a carborundum monoprint. PLAY VIDEO 3:21 minutes This video demo shows Catherine Kernan printing multi-registered plates on an etching press. Video demos showing Making a Carborundum Plate and Inking the Plates will be coming soon. THREE GREAT ADVANTAGES: to using Aluminum Oxide instead of Silicon Carbide for Carborundum Printmaking Carborundum is the trade name for Silicon Carbide (bluish black grit). Aluminum Oxide (brownish black grit) is recommended as an alternative. LEARN MORE Silicon Carbide is harder but it will fracture and break down quicker than Aluminum Oxide. Aluminum Oxide is rounder in grain while Silicon Carbide is sharper in grain. When wiping the ink off the surface of the plate, the jagged grain of the Silicon Carbide may tear the tarlatan leaving behind small pieces of lint on the surface of the plate. Aluminum Oxide's rounded grain offers a smoother wiping process and decreases the problem of shredded tarlatan. Aluminum Oxide is more economical. They are both available in the same grades ranging from fine to medium and coarse grits. Print results look the same. VIEW & PRINT TONAL RANGE CHART VIEW & PRINT CARBORUNDUM INSTRUCTIONS

Monotype video from Akua INKS

To see video click on the site below.

www.waterbasedinks.com

go to the video section in the site.

Molly Bangs theory

Google first and download,

English 428 Molly Bang's Principles

From Picture This: How pictures works

Let me know if you need a hard copy because of downloading problems.

xerox lithography printing

To read and see how is done go to this site:

http://www.marylandprintmakers.org/newsletter.asp?id=131

SGC PANELS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

Hi Everyone,

The first videos of the SGC panels and demonstrations that were held
at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University are now available for
viewing at:

http://www.temple.edu/tyler/printmaking/SGC2010.html

Thanks to our panelists and demonstrators for sharing their work with
us. The videos will give you a good idea of the material covered as
they are not edited, you will see people milling around but as the
demos and panels get started everyone quiets down.

As additional videos become available we will contact you!
Sincerely,

Hester Stinnett

MFA programs

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY _ SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
MFA _ CONCENTRATION IN PRINTMAKING

The School of Art and Design (SoAD) at East Carolina University (ECU)
is seeking graduate students for the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA)
program with a concentration in Printmaking. The MFA at ECU is a
60-hour degree program and typically completed over three-years.

For further information about the Printmaking Area please contact:
Matthew Egan | Assistant Professor of Printmaking | Area Coordinator |
eganm@ecu.edu | 252.737.2738

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY _ SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
MFA _ CONCENTRATION IN PRINTMAKING

The School of Art and Design (SoAD) at East Carolina University (ECU)
is seeking graduate students for the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA)
program with a concentration in Printmaking. The MFA at ECU is a
60-hour degree program and typically completed over three-years.

The MFA Printmaking curriculum is both professional and diverse,
allowing for technical explorations in several processes within the
printmaking area in addition to considerations for the other twelve
areas within the school. The printmaking area is located on the bottom
floor in the Leo Jenkins Fine Art Center. The Art Center is a
prominent fixture on ECU’s main campus and serves primarily as a
studio-based environment and also includes several lecture halls for
art history and art education. The building includes facilities that
range from well equipped computer labs to active foundries, from
faculty offices to the media center, from a wood firing kiln to smart
classrooms, all represented by the large, recently renovated Grey
Gallery that serves as a teaching a gallery with a rotating exhibition
schedule. The Jenkins Fine Arts Center host nearly 600 undergraduate
and 50 graduate students in 14 concentrations. The printmaking studio
area occupies seven (7) dedicated rooms for investigations, processes,
image development, printing, and general studio practices relating to
traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking.

Please forward to interested students. Thank you!

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is accepting applications for the MFA program in printmaking.

We have an interdisciplinary program with great new print studios, teaching assistantships, scholarships and travel opportunities. Our expansive state-of-the art facilities feature a dedicated area for graduate students and guaranteed TA and teaching opportunities. We have an active print club and strong visiting artist program and we will be hosting the MAPC print conference "New World / Old World" in Fall, 2010.

Note: our deadline is early- January 5th
http://art.umn.edu/grad/applying.php

All the Best,
Jenny Schmid

About the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center

The KBAC is a federally recognized nonprofit organization, founded by a collective of local artists and writers who have joined together to create a community workshop and educational center to further book design and its related arts: fine printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding, and creative writing. Our workshops, exhibitions, publications, and programs are funded in part by grants from the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information about our classes and programs please visit our website at (www.kalbookarts.org) or contact:

Jeff Abshear, Executive Director

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center

Park Trades Center

326 W. Michigan Avenue, Suite 103A

Kalamazoo, MI 49007269/373-4938

info@kalbookarts.org

www.kalbookarts.org