Author: tigerlilypress

  • Tiger Lily Press Art Calendar Now on Sale

    Tiger Lily Press Art Calendar Now on Sale

    Our biennial art calendar is here and available for purchase! The 2019 calendar features prints & paper by thirteen artists & printmakers, 12 months, and letterpress covers. This year, we […]

  • Open Press Project

    Open Press Project

    From TIGER LILY MEMBER JAN THOMAS My grandson and I recently completed a challenge together. His challenge was to construct a mini print press using a 3D printer. My part […]

  • Gelli Plate Printmaking

    Gelli Plate Printmaking

    Gelatin Plates & Exploring the Monotype Gelli plates are made from gelatin (permanent plates are gelatin & glycerine) and are soft, flexible plates which can be used with hand-pressure or […]

  • Printmaker Jonpaul Smith & EVAC

    Printmaker Jonpaul Smith & EVAC

    Jonpaul Smith is a Cincinnati artist known for his meticulous and tightly carved linocut blocks, as well as woven paper pieces. Recently, Jonpaul took on a collaborative project, becoming a […]

  • Drypoint Into Collagraph in May

    Drypoint Into Collagraph in May

    In this class students will learn (or revisit) the basic techniques of drypoint on plexiglass, and explore the possibilities of combining the boldness and detail of drypoint images with the […]

  • Jan Thomas’ Sculptural Vessels

    Jan Thomas’ Sculptural Vessels

      Jan Thomas’ sculptural vessels made from prints (mixed media & drypoint) have been juried into two shows this year. “Yggdrasil” (above) is selected for the Ohio Craft Museum’s “Best […]

  • Drypoint Into Monoprint Workshop

    Drypoint Into Monoprint Workshop

    Kathleen Piercefield’s Drypoint Into Monoprint workshop investigates mark-making on and printing plexiglass plates. Participants made test plates then worked on a single image for the remainder of the glass, experimenting […]

  • Copper Etching: Plate Preparation

    Copper Etching: Plate Preparation

    How to Prepare a Copper Plate (We’re using 4×6 copper plates at .05″ thick from Blick. This thickness requires the edges to be beveled before printing! They’re a pretty handy […]

  • Copper Etching with Andrea Knarr

    Copper Etching with Andrea Knarr

    In the first session of Intro to Copper Etching Workshop, we used tracing paper & carbon paper to layout (and transfer) our images on 4×6 inch copper plates rolled with […]

  • (Monoprint) Watercolor & Gouache with Sheila Fleischer

    (Monoprint) Watercolor & Gouache with Sheila Fleischer

    Sheila’s Take on Monoprinting The printmaking process of monoprinting is a form of producing prints that uses images or line that can be printed one time, unlike most forms of […]

  • Vintage Vessels Revisited with Jan Thomas

    Vintage Vessels Revisited with Jan Thomas

    Resurgent interest in The Arts and Crafts Movement in the 1970s along with the Feminist Movement propelled me in the direction of exploring previously designated domestic crafts with the intention […]

  • Experimental Collagraphs with Mary Woodworth

    Experimental Collagraphs with Mary Woodworth

    Mary Woodworth‘s four night experimental workshop on collagraph plate and printmaking at Tiger Lily Press ended in an evening of pulling prints. Wetting the paper (soaking and rolling between towels […]