Mono-Printing: Experiential Printmaking Intensive
Why this program?
This immersive workshop introduces students to mono-printing as an expressive foundation for relief and mixed-media printmaking. Through hands-on demonstrations, guided studio practice, and group critiques, students will explore both traditional and experimental approaches to mono-printing, including additive and subtractive inking, layering, stenciling, and ghost printing.
Emphasis is placed on creative risk-taking, sustainable studio practices, material exploration, and personal visual language development. Students will leave with a cohesive body of prints, a working sketchbook, and practical skills applicable to future printmaking and mixed-media work.
What will this program look like?
DAY 1 – Foundations + Controlled Exploration
- Welcome Introductions, Images + Demo
- Exercise 1: Direct Mark-Making
- Exercise 2: Additive + Subtractive Layers
- Structured Challenge: Limited Palette Composition
- Registration Intro (Simple Method)
- Texture & Transparency
- Independent Studio Work
- Group Critique + Clean Up
DAY 2 – Advanced Layering + Series Development
Editioning Practice, Critique and Reflection
Review + Advanced Demo
Project 1: 3-Layer Registered Print
Ghost Print & Variation Series
Ink Modification + Experimental Techniques
Final Project: Thematic Print – Solo work
Key Program Information
Delivery Method
On-campus
Location
Cicada Studios
Instructor
Josephine Archer
Fees
PC Students, Alumni, and Staff: $150
General Public: $200
Schedule
March 28-29, 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Program Details
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of solar plate printmaking.
- Learn how to create and expose solar plates using photographic and hand-drawn
imagery. - Demonstrate proper inking and wiping techniques for intaglio printing.
- Explore collage and monoprint processes as methods for image development.
- Experiment with layering, transparency, texture, and color.
- Combine multiple printing techniques to create complex mixed-media prints.
- Develop a cohesive body of work that reflects personal interests and artistic voice.
- Participate in group critiques and articulate artistic decisions.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Josephine Archer
Josephine Archer is a Prescott, Arizona-based artist, printmaker, muralist, and educator holding an M.F.A. from the University of Oregon. She specializes in Printmaking, Sculpture, Painting media, Decorative Painting and Environmental Venetian Plasters for over 25 years.
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