This two-day class is all about making the best bespoke digital negatives for any print process. We will use Epson printers in the class and a printer driver called QuadToneRIP. However, the concepts that are covered can also be applied to non-Epson printers with some modifications.

A step-by-step workflow will be demonstrated using the cyanotype printmaking process. By the end of the class, we will have covered the details of a negative-making procedure that is capable of faithfully reproducing the image seen on the computer screen onto the resulting print.

Direct-to-plate is a platemaking technique that utilizes inkjet printers to create both the image and aquatint directly on a polymer plate prior to exposure.

This two-day workshop will introduce participants to methods for using this technique for creating photopolymer printing plates. While the primary emphasis will be on continuous tone photogravure printing from digital image files, the method is not strictly limited to photographic imagery. We will also teach techniques for creating plates from hand-drawn artwork.

Salt Prints and Cyanotype are two alternative photographic printing processes that date from the 19th Century and the very beginnings of the art and science of photography.

This workshop will introduce the participant to the similarities, differences and unique attributes of these two hand-coated printmaking processes.