Art made fun in a two day printmaking workshop, given by Mitch Lyons at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. Artist and writer, Adair Heitmann, wrote all about it in her Creativity and Wellness blog. creativityandwellness.wordpress.com

1. Clay Monoprints Workshop
Norwalk, CT
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By Adair W. Heitmann

2. Printmaking studio
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3. Technique
• Artist Mitch Lyons developed a method to make
monoprints/monotypes by adding colored clay
slips, not ink, to a slab of wet clay (matrix).
• The clay slips are mixed with permanent
pigments to achieve brilliant colors.
• Textures and stencils are added.
• Damp paper is placed over the design and rolled
with a wooden rolling pin.
• The results are incredibly sophisticated.
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4. Making the clay matrix
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5. Drying the clay matrix outdoors
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6. Artist, Mitch Lyons, teacher
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7. Fellow artists
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8. An artist at play
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9. Beautiful space to work
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10. Happy student with Mitch
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11. Artists working
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12. Pulling a print
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13. Fun with textures and clay slips
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14. Ready to print
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15. Tools of the trade & making pastels
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16. Homemade pastels
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17. All done - the remains of the day
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18. Gratitude
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19. “I don’t work with perfect.” –Mitch Lyons
www.mitchlyons.com
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
www.contemprints.org
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20. For more information about artist, writer,
and speaker Adair Wilson Heitmann
www.adairheitmann.com website
www.creativityandwellness.wordpress.com blog
https://twitter.com/AdairHeitmann
http://www.linkedin.com/in/adairheitmann
Thank you.
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