Water-Based Monotype with Susan Rostow

Take an Akua Workshop
with Susan Rostow, creator of Akua Inks

Next scheduled workshop with Susan Rostow
Aug 16, 2010 – Aug 20, 2010
at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado
To register for workshop contact Anderson Ranch directly at
Phone: (970) 923-3181
Email:  info(at)andersonranch(dot)org
http://www.andersonranch.org/

 

Workshop Title:
Green Practices
Skill Level Open to all

Workshop Concept:
Create one-of-a-kind prints or a series of related images by combining monotype and safe platemaking. We print both with a press and by hand to achieve rich vibrant color or subtle transparencies.

Media & Techniques:
We use fume-free Akua Intaglio and Akua Kolor water-based inks and modifiers with techniques such as additive, subtractive, trace and viscosity resists and rolls. Prints use plastic printing plates, overlays, drypoint, stencils, found materials, chine-collé and ghost images.

Activities:
Demonstrations each morning involve group participation and collaborative printmaking. Each student receives individual attention to develop his personal style and a final critique.

Biography
Susan Rostow is the inventor and formulator of Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio water-based inks. She is an active New York City artist / printmaker and educator. Susan has taught numerous printmaking workshops around the country for over 25 years. Her prints have been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Her works are included in numerous private and public collections including the Library of Congress, National Print Archives and she is a past recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award in printmaking