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Instructor: Jim Lee
Dates: Saturdays, May 3, 10 & 17, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $252
Non-Members: $280
(Registration deadline: April 29)
Description:
Examine the bold and direct capabilities of woodcut and monotype in combination. Designed to address all levels, the instructor will work with each person to develop their skills and build upon experience from previous workshops. Learn to print multiple layers of transparent inks and observe how images develop with lush color relationships and luminous surfaces. Participants will develop skills in color ink mixing, registration, printing, and stencil making. Monotype will be introduced during the printing process along with various textured blocks to allow you to explore multiple patterns and color variations. You will walk away with several color prints.
Open Studio Time:
Upon approval from the instructor, workshop participants will be granted access to the Robert Dente Printmaking Lab throughout the duration of the workshop. Aside from scheduled workshop hours, the lab is available for independent use Monday – Friday from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.
Materials:
Provided by Five Points Arts:
8x10 Baltic Birch Plywood Blocks
4 sheets of 22" x 30" White Arches BFK Paper per person (additional sheets may be purchased at Five Points Arts or you may bring your own)
Provided by participants:
Japanese Detail Carving Tool Set with 5 gouges - #44D1005 (set of 5 tools).
o Amazon Link to Carving Tool Set or Lee Valley Link to Carving Tool Set
1.5mm #11 U-gouge (very fine tool for making tiny marks)
o Amazon Link to Small U-Gouge or Lee Valley Link to Small U-Gouge
Small pointed brush, small flat brush
Soft charcoal pencil
OPTIONAL: Additional paper. The instructor recommends Rives Heavyweight 26" x 40", Rives BFK White 22" x 30", Somerset White 22" x 30", Sekishu 24" x 39", Moriki 25" x 36", and Canson XL Recycled Medium Smooth pad 18" x 24".
OPTIONAL: Flexcut #1x7/8” (22mm) Gouge-Palm Tool (Handled) FR 705 (for clearing away large areas)
o Flexcut Link to Gouge Palm Tool
OPTIONAL: Flexcut Slip Strop honing kit PW12 (for keeping your tools sharp as you use them). The print lab will have one you can use during the workshop.
o Amazon Link to Slip Strop Honing Kit or Flexcut Link to Slip Strop Honing Kit
Please note: The tool set listed above is a good general set at reasonable prices. They are sharp and will hold a good edge. Other types of woodcut tools may or may not work very well, so these tools are recommended. If you are contemplating buying or bringing a different tool set, please contact Five Points Arts before purchasing. Old, dull tools will be hard and frustrating to use.
Please email ssamele@fivepointsarts.org with any questions about the materials list.
Instructor Bio:
Jim Lee was born in the Mid-west, received a B.A. from Bethany College in studio arts and a M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. Since the early 1990’s, landscape has been at the core of his work. Recent work has been based on the landscape of Ireland, New England, and Maritime Canada. He often begins a series of work with pastel, watercolor and pencil drawings done on-site, and from these develops his prints, which are primarily color reduction woodcuts. He is also very interested in the people who inhabit the locations he depicts, weaving references to their history and culture into his work. Humor and satire also often show up in various ways. In 1978 he established a private press called Blue Moon Press, which occasionally issues limited edition letterpress books. His limited edition, hand-printed books contain his images and letterpress texts (sometimes publishing poetry or writing by other writers). Jim Lee’s work has been exhibited in many national and international print and artist’s book exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include: Yinchuan Dialogue: China-American International Printmaking Exhibition, Yinchuan Art Museum, 2016; Stand Out Prints, 2016 International Print Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta Print Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 2015; IPCNY New Prints 2014 (shown at Christies’ Auction House); IPCNY New Prints/New Narratives Summer 2013, NY; and The Boston Printmakers 2013 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA.
All workshops are held at the Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive
Workshops may be cancelled due to low enrollment if a minimum number of participants are not met. Registrants will be notified in advance and a refund or credit will be arranged (see workshop polices below for details).
Workshop Policies: Please review the terms of our workshop policies here
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