April Vollmer

Moku Hanga: Japanese Waterbase Woodcut

This is an intensive weekend workshop that will teach the basics of this traditional waterbase technique. Japanese woodblock differs from western woodblock in that it is waterbase and non-toxic, it is printed with a hand-held baren, and it is printed on handmade Japanese kozo fiber paper.

This class will cover carving, printing and registration. We will plan and cut blocks, then print an edition of multi-colored prints on Japanese paper. Printmaking experience is helpful but not required. The $50 materials fee includes basic cutting tools, blocks and Japanese paper. An informational letter will be sent upon registration.

Class #01CAMH1-09
Sat. & Sun., Oct. 22 & 23
10 am – 4 pm
Room V2008
Register by Sept. 14: $185
Register after Sept. 14: $200
plus $50 materials fee at class

register online
April Vollmer is an artist who lives and works in New York City. She received her MFA in printmaking from Hunter College, focusing primarily on Japanese woodcut. For more information about the artist and the technique visit her website at www.aprilvollmer.com

Since February I have been at a residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. This has been a wonderful opportunity to create new work in a beautiful place. The Ranch sponsors 14 artists ten-week residencies each winter, in ceramics, woodworking, digital art, painting and printmaking.  I am sharing the generous printmaking studio with artist Johanna Mueller. I have had the opportunity to work in the digital media studio, where I have made new digital prints on Gozen Japanese washi to print with woodblock. I have also taken advantage of their woodworking shop to create new work on panels. Photos of my work at the Ranch are posted here:

Anderson Ranch Residency

Photos of my first weeks at Anderson ranch are also documented in the Anderson Ranch Arts Center blog: Anderson Ranch Blog

Caren Friedman organized this weekend intensive for 15 members of the BCCC Printmaking Club. The workshop included an overview of the history of Japanese woodblock, a demonstration, and a discussion of washi, Japanese handmade paper. All participants cut and printed editions on washi. CLICK ON PHOTO FOR LINK TO CLASS PHOTOS:

2011-15-Bucks County CC Printmaking