About

In each week of this five-week session, Jan Branham will introduce and teach a different print technique, exploring their differences and nuances. Jan will provide ample time for the student to master the various techniques, guiding the students' practice and exploration. She will cover: 

-Dry Point
-Shellac Plate
-Collagraph
-Linocut
-Mixed Media

At the end of the five-week session, each student will have a variety of finished prints to either start their first portfolio or add to their existing one, as well as being able to work independently in the BARN Print Studio with the teacher's approval.

• This class is geared to the beginning and intermediate printmaker.
  
• Your participation in this workshop qualifies the prerequisite for working on your own in the BARN Print Studio per the instructor's approval.
• Feel free to bring a snack; you can store and reheat food in the building kitchenette.
• A Materials Fee of $35 will be added to the class cost when you register which includes one large sheet of print paper.
• Additional paper is available for purchase at $5/sheet. Please bring cash or check made out to BARN to purchase additional paper.
  
  

About the Instructor

During the last ten years, Jan Branham retired to Bainbridge Island after a 35-year career as a public high school art teacher in California. She has since become a full-time printmaker, which she finds very satisfying and artistically nourishing. Jan primarily works using collage and other printmaking techniques such as etching, linocut, woodblock, and collagraph, as well as the mixing of media to satisfy her image curiosity.

Jan currently works with several groups of printmakers as well as being an active member of BARN’s Print Studio and the Seattle Print Arts. She has been included in a number of local and national shows, from Port Townsend to Brooklyn. See more of Jan’s work at the Island Gallery here on Bainbridge Island.