Welcome to my linocut printmaking blog. I’ve been writing since 2011 so if you’d like to browse or keyword search my archives you can take a look…thanks!
Ink | Paper | Press | Shirts (Fabric) | Tools
The California Society of Printmakers’ 110th Annual Membership Exhibition has opened at Santa Rosa Junior College. I have a linocut print in this show that runs from October 28–December 5, 2024.
My linocut print in the exhibition - Over and Along II (2024)
The show features over 100 artworks, numerous events and is being exhibited in the Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery.
2024 CSP Exhibition at Santa Rosa Junior College
The Craneway Craft Fair is later this month and I’ll be an exhibitor. It’s on November 25-26, 2023 at the Craneway Pavilion, which is a cool huge building on the waterfront in Richmond, California.
2023 Craneway Craft Fair in Richmond, California
I’m excited to be teaching an upcoming reduction linocut class at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California. It consists of three Saturday sessions on July 8, 15 and 22, 2023. Here’s a summary of the in-person linoleum block printing class.
Introduction to Reductive Linocut - This class is an introduction to relief printing with linoleum. Students will also learn how to make reduction prints using a technique to make multicolor prints from one linoleum block. Students will learn the step-by-step process that will take their initial design ideas to a small final edition of prints. Topics we’ll cover include linocut supplies, carving techniques, print registration and printing with an etching press. No prior printmaking experience is necessary.
Linocut Class at Kala in July 2023
I'll be one of the many vendors at the upcoming SF Bay Area Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose in San Jose - hope to see you there!
Time: 10am to 3pm, April 29, 2023
Place: History Park, 635 Phelan Ave., San Jose, California
SF Bay Area Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose 2023
I’m looking forward to having a booth again at the upcoming Albany Middle School Arts & Crafts Fair on Sunday. The fair always has a fun atmosphere and it’s a fundraiser for the school PTA.
A little shout-out for a local gem of a store that sells carving tools for woodblock and linocut printmaking, not to mention lots of other types of Japanese hand tools. The shop is called Hida Tool and it’s located on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, California. A long time ago, I bought some Power Grip carving tools there and I recently picked up a #1000 grit sharpening stone.
Hida Tool in Berkeley, California
