Chiaroscuro Wood Block Relief Printing

During this one-day workshop, Ian will introduce the art of Chiaroscuro wood block relief printing. You will produce a chiaroscuro print with two blocks and limited colour (black and white) on Japanese paper.

These are all hand-printed with a minimum of equipment and no printing press is required as each image will be hand burnished.

The prints of Albrecht Dürer form the starting point of the print as this artist's work was arguably the first example of Chiaroscuro woodblock printing in Europe (after his death). Drawing is not essential as this is a print workshop aimed at learning the relief block technique and how to register two related blocks.

Awagami - the Japanese paper company, kindly has made sample packs of their papers available for the workshop. This workshop could be of particular value for art teachers , artists and art students with limited working space as it can all be executed on a table top.

Saturday 28 October 2023
10am - 4pm with Ian Burke

This workshop takes place at:
Hummersknott Academy
Edinburgh Drive
Darlington
DL3 8AR

Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch.