Collagraph Printing with Alanna Austin – G26010105
Explore the rich, tactile world of collagraphy using nothing but found objects and textured trash. This is a versatile printmaking technique that uses texture and layering rather than acids or traditional grounds. In this hands-on workshop, participants will build their own printing plates by assembling a variety of materials to create dimensional surfaces. Using a variety of inking methods, you’ll learn to apply multiple layers of ink for vibrant, dynamic prints. Plates will be printed on an etching press with dampened paper, producing deeply embossed, visually striking results. Perfect for artists of all levels interested in experimental and textural approaches to printmaking and mixed media art.
Instructor
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Alanna AustinAlanna Austin is a printmaker and multimedia artist currently in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated with her MFA at the University of Colorado in Printmaking. Austin is the founder of the Western Wilds Collective that acts as a conference for artists to come together on a digital platform once every other year to discuss work and innovative techniques. Alanna Austin is an Assistant Professor and head of printmaking at the Institute of American Indian Arts as well as the current co-editor of the Mid America Print Council journal.
Austins work stems from research on expression of mind and memory united with color, pattern, and material from her Hispanic, Greek, and Turkish heritage. Through installations and printmaking, her work depicts elements of personal narrative tied to nostalgia, techniques passed on generationally, and generational trauma. Austin has been displayed internationally, with a most recent exhibition in Inverloch, Australia. Through the United States, Austins work has been showed and stored in collections with recent exhibitions in Florida, Texas, Washington and Ohio. Austins work is in archives spanning the United States such as Wichita Falls Museum of Art, the University of Idaho special collections, Matrix Press in Montana, the Bernard Zuckerman Museum of Art in Georgia, the University of Wyoming Special Collections and more.