Clay monoprints workshop

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Clay Monoprints WorkshopNorwalk, CT

By Adair W. Heitmann


Printmaking studio


Technique

• Artist Mitch Lyons developed a method to make monoprints/monotypes by adding colored clay slips, not ink, to a slab of wet clay (matrix).

• The clay slips are mixed with permanent pigments to achieve brilliant colors.

• Textures and stencils are added.• Damp paper is placed over the design and rolled

with a wooden rolling pin.• The results are incredibly sophisticated.


Making the clay matrix


Drying the clay matrix outdoors


Artist, Mitch Lyons, teacher


Fellow artists


An artist at play


Beautiful space to work


Happy student with Mitch


Artists working


Pulling a print


Fun with textures and clay slips


Ready to print


Tools of the trade & making pastels


Homemade pastels


All done - the remains of the day


Gratitude


“I don’t work with perfect.” –Mitch Lyonswww.mitchlyons.com

Center for Contemporary Printmakingwww.contemprints.org

http://www.mitchlyons.com/

http://www.contemprints.org/


For more information about artist, writer, and speaker Adair Wilson Heitmann

www.adairheitmann.com websitewww.creativityandwellness.wordpress.com blog

https://twitter.com/AdairHeitmannhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/adairheitmann

Thank you.

http://www.adairheitmann.com/

http://www.creativityandwellness.wordpress.com/

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Clay monoprints workshop

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