Low-tech printing is a mesh printmaking process that combines modern DIY screen printing methods with late 19th century stencil-based image making. Through the use of mylar stencils and modeling paste, adaptable printing matrices will be created from window screen mesh; these “screens” will be highly capable of transferring images onto a variety of different hard and fabric surfaces. This workshop encourages a low cost, DIY approach to printmaking.

Instructor:

Kery is mostly involved in printmaking, but his practice first started within embroidery and clothing alteration. He treats clothing the same way as a graffiti artist does a blank wall, with recontextualization being the central belief in his sewing practice.

Transform the quiet act of stitching into a loud, public declaration of truth and a political tool to tell stories. Embroidery has a long history of being used by suffragettes for protest, providing a way to voice injustices. You’ll get hands on training in techniques from beginner stitches as well as simple book forms and we can converse together in community. Each week we’ll highlight a new contemporary artist who stitches truth to power. 

Instructor:

Andre Lee Bassuet (she/her/hers) is a Korean American artist and educator who creates tactile works through calligraphy, papermaking, cyanotype, and embroidery that reflect resilience and belonging. Rooted in the art of the book, her practice bridges printmaking, storytelling and design. She studied printmaking and papermaking in Japan and got her MFA at Osaka University of Arts and a Bachelors from New York University. She has taught bookbinding and printmaking at Art Annex, AS220, Brown University, Jamestown Art Center, and Newport Art Museum.