Native Plant Lino Printmaking
Native Plant Lino Printmaking
This workshop is sold out, if you want to join the waitlist email Olivia.
All skill levels are welcome! This workshop will focus on merging the natural beauty created by mother nature and the artistic expression of relief printmaking. We will first learn basic flower identification of locally common wildflowers found around the front range of Wyoming. After a brief botany lesson, participants will be given the knowledge needed to reproduce one or many of these wildflowers in print form. Participants will draw, carve, and print several postcard sized works to be shared with friends in family. Subject matter does not need to be limited to Wyoming wildflowers and participants are encouraged to branch out artistically if they desire.
Saturday, May 31st
1 - 4 pm
LPAC space in Laramie Plains Civic Center (Room 136)
8 available slots (aged 18+)
Workshops have limited availability, register early to reserve your spot.
IMPORTANT - Workshop registration is non-transferrable, someone cannot come in your place. We have a waitlist and it is unfair to the folks on the waitlist for this event. If you are unable to attend, please contact Olivia.
Workshops are for everyone! If you feel you cannot participate because of the registration fee, email Olivia at community@laramiepublicart.org.
LPAC is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
About the artist -
Matt Cunningham is an aspiring printmaking artist based out of Laramie Wyoming. Professionally, Matt is a Scientist focused in controlled environment agriculture. He has dabbled in the arts for most of his life, primarily focusing on painting until early 2024 when he discovered his love for relief printing.
Lino cut is the most cathartic art form I have ever had the privilege of exploring. The subject matter is just a byproduct. True art in the process itself. Simple tools and inherent risk. Any fear of making the wrong cut is quickly abandoned. With reduction, the finish line is always faithful. The amount of material that can be removed is finite and comforting. Fingertips are never quite clean. You never really know what the end product will look like until you pull the first sheet of paper. The inverted expression of what was carved away. A mirror image of a roughly sketched idea. The process itself means more than any finished work and for me, that is the definition of art. I also dabble in macro photography and enjoy reproducing images I have captured with a camera into a more physical form via lin cut or screen printing.