Layering Color in Reduction Woodcut at Grand Marais Art Colony in Grand Marais, MN

Dates: August 1 - 3, 2024

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

What makes a woodcut such a fascinating way to represent the natural world? Find out in this workshop that explores the many dynamic connections between landscape and the physical process of carving a wood block. Reductive woodcuts are unique in their spontaneity and finality because of the ephemeral nature of the process. Students will learn the carving and printing process step by step, creating a densely layered, dynamic image. The class will begin by working outdoors from direct observation of the natural surroundings of Grand Marais.

Woodcut and Monoprint with Digital Applications at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado

Dates: July 1 - 5, 2024

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

This rigorous, engaging printmaking workshop combines monoprint and woodcut processes with a digital component. Students incorporate laser-cut stencils and wood blocks with painterly and carved marks to create images. The class begins with observational studies from the natural world and explores multiple plate monotype methods. Woodcut techniques, including laser cut blocks, are then added to layer transparent and opaque colors. Students make both editioned and unique prints, alternating between structure and improvisation. This back-and-forth serves as the format for the course, combining multiple matrices in many ways.

Trace, stencil, additive, and reductive monotype, transferring images, Adobe Illustrator, cutting stencils and blocks with laser cutter, carving, color ink mixing, printing oil-based inks using a press and by hand, pochoir techniques using gouache registration techniques, chiné collé, editioning and unique prints

Layering Color and Light: Woodcut and Monoprint at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado

Dates: June 24 - 28, 2024

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

This rigorous, engaging printmaking workshop focuses on monoprint and woodcut methods with an emphasis on layering color to produce luminous results. It begins with observational studies from the natural world, and explores trace, stencil, painterly, and multiple plate monotype methods. Woodcut techniques are then added to layer transparent and opaque colors to create a radiant sense of space. Students make both editioned and unique prints, alternating between structure and improvisation. This back-and-forth serves as the format for the course, combining printing using a woodcut matrix with a variety of monoprint methods.

Trace, stencil, additive, and reductive monotype and carving, transferring images, color ink mixing, relief and monoprint processes from wood blocks and Plexiglas with oil-based inks using a press and by hand, pochoir techniques using gouache, a variety of registration techniques, chiné collé, editioning techniques

Layering Color and Light: Woodcut and Monoprint at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado

Dates: June 12 - 16, 2023 

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

This rigorous, engaging printmaking workshop focuses on monoprint and woodcut methods with an emphasis on layering color to produce luminous results. We begin with observational studies from the natural world and explore trace, stencil, painterly, and multiple plate monotype methods. Woodcut techniques are then added to layer transparent and opaque color, creating a radiant sense of space. We make both editioned and unique prints, alternating between structure and improvisation. This back-and-forth serves as the format for the course as we combine printing using a woodcut matrix with a variety of monoprint methods.

Trace, stencil, additive and reductive monotype and carving, transferring images, color ink mixing, relief and monoprint processes from wood blocks and Plexiglass with oil-based inks using a press and by hand, pochoir techniques using gouache, registration techniques, chine collé, editioning techniques

Layering Color and Light: Woodcut and Monoprint at Grand Marais Art Colony in Grand Marais, Minnesota (on the shore of Lake Superior)

Dates: June 26 - June 30, 2023 

Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

This engaging printmaking workshop focuses on monoprint and woodcut methods with an emphasis on layering color to produce luminous results. Students begin with observational studies from the natural world and then explore trace, stencil, painterly and multiple-plate monotype methods. Woodcut techniques are then added to layer transparent and opaque color to create a radiant sense of space. This back-and-forth serves as the format for the course as one combines printing using a woodcut matrix with a variety of monoprint methods. Students make both editioned and unique prints, alternating between structure and improvisation.

Note that the class will work outdoors for a few short periods in order to gather ideas and make quick, small watercolor studies for the reduction woodcuts.

Artist-in-Residence Workshop at Mackinac State Historic Park

Date: September 21, 2022

Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

What makes a woodcut such a fascinating way to represent the natural world? Gumpper’s work explores the many dynamic connections between landscape and the physical process of carving and printing a wood block in a reductive method or layering different surfaces and colors in a monotype. Gumpper can see direct connections with scientific study as well as the layering of water, leaves and light.

This workshop will take place at the Station 256 Conference Room, located above the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center.