Digital Printing Alternative Surfaces Your Way!

In a few weeks April 27 to May 3 2014—I will be teaching an innovative workshop on Digital Printing Alternative Surfaces in Greenville, New York at Hudson River Valley Art/Fiber Workshops.  (enrollment information)

This workshop is tailored to how you want to use digital prints in your artwork. Each student will have a free consultation with me so together we can work out what best suits the individual's work. One example could be the artist who just wants to learn all they can on printing uncommon surfaces. Fiber artists may want to learn to specifically how to use these techniques in art quilts. Another fiber artist that would like to create felt pieces that are digitally printed. Even a painter or watercolorist may want to add digital elements. This is also the place to be for all the artists that want to learn my assembling techniques for metals and other substrates. 

 There is still time to enroll and come to work on your vision with your art. Any and all levels are welcome. This is going to be an amazing creative week. 

Check out my other blog post

and my YouTube video on this workshop!!

Digital Printing Alternative Surfaces in Greenville New York at 

Hudson River Valley Art/Fiber Workshops.  

(enrollment information)

Lightweight Airy Surfaces

An interesting way to create surfaces is to build them with “airy” or “empty areas”. By this I mean to use gauze or cheesecloth surfaces and accentuate the lightness of the surface before applying the precoat. Also you can experiment with a variety of synthetic surfaces and achieve intriguing effects.  

For this video workshop we will look at cheesecloth, melted reemay and synthetic felt. Although synthetics are often melted after printing, these surfaces can be altered before printing. The only parameters for the synthetics is that after manipulating they flow safely through your printers. Take some of the ideas presented and see how far you can take this type of process.

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Non members go to this url to purchase the workshop for $9.95

Experimenting with Surface Texture

In this video workshop we well look at a couple of ways to create simple textures on a surface before printing. Fabric, paper and canvas are a few of the surfaces that work well with these techniques. As you add texture keep it thin enough so the surface will fit safely through you printer. 

Once the textures are dry, apply the precoat of your choice—use a carrier sheet and print. 

For this workshop I used the following items:

Continued in workshop pdf.....

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Non Members you can purchase the workshop at this link for $9.95

Metal Collage Process Workshop

This metal collage process workshop is a 22 minute video. The video will take you through the creation of one of my metal collages.The materials include digital prints on printing plates, wire assemblages, hardware cloth among other added elements. Materials will be explored (some shown and not used) and ideas developed as I work my way through this piece. 

Process workshops show and talk about a process, but are not actually a complete how to. Using your creativity, draw from the information and create your original artwork with materials of your choice. Improvise to suit your own purposes. 

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Non members can purchase this workshop for $9.95 click here.

iPhone—iPad Art

This months tutorial is a video with accompanying pdf. The video is on YouTube and Vimeo and the PDF is free on my KathyAnne Art Site at this link.

Just add the icon to the cart and check out with a zero balance. Your order number will arrive by email. Go to the site to log in under non member with your email address and order number and download your file. It's that easy!  Hope you enjoy it!!!

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Assembling Metal Surfaces

My journey with digital printing on alternative surfaces started over ten years ago. Since then the amount of digital prints created in my studio is in the thousands. Originally my goal was to add interesting fabrics to my art quilts by printing my designs. As my art expanded—digital prints on alternative surfaces became my palette. This process workshop “Assembling Metal Surfaces” depicts some of my current works in progress and how they are constructed.

This is a process workshop and not a specific step-by-step instructions. On my KathyAnne Art site you will find a few other workshops that give step-by-step how to’s with some of my process using metals and hardware cloth.

Display Art with Hardware Cloth

Boxes of Metal

Working with Hardware Cloth

KathyAnne Art Members log in here.  After log in use this url to find the workshop. 

Non members you can purchase this workshop here for $9.95

You will receive workshop access after check out.

Preparing and Digitally Printing Lightweight Metals Part 2

Continuing with Part Two of "Preparing and Digitally Printing Lightweight Metals" the workshop takes on a video format. This allows viewers a personal look at the print process and all it entails.  Photoshop CC is used for image manipulation. The video illustrates the result of the actual verses the printed images. Using my Epson R3000 I demonstrate how to load the surface through the front feed. This second part of the workshop concludes with varnishing the finished prints.

The accompanying Pdf for video access also contains a supplier list for the various supplies.

KathyAnneArt Members log in here After log in use this url to find the workshop.

Non members you can purchase this workshop here for $9.95. You will receive the workshop access by email within 24 hours.