Single Day Workshop Screen printing with paper stencils

In this workshop participants will learn how to screen print a one colour image using paper stencils. Screen printing with paper stencils is a direct way of experimenting with vibrant and graphic images in screen printing. 

During the workshop participants will learn how to set up a press for printing and create a screen printed image by cutting and affixing a paper stencil to their screen. Each participant will finish the workshop with multiple copies of one single-colour image of their own creation. 

Lots of different styles and imagery is possible with this fun technique! 

Printing photographic images or digitally created images is not possible with this method or in this workshop. Our introduction to screen printing workshop covers the photographic method of applying a stencil to the screen where it is possible to print photographs or digital images. 

This workshop is suitable for those who are interested in trying out screen printing as a new process and for those who want to have some light hearted fun with printmaking. 

Val Loewen (she/her)

Languages spoken: English

Val Loewen (she/her) is a mad Vancouver based artist living and practicing on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Her practice is based primarily in print media and intersects with other material based methodologies through which she investigates ideas of transformational narratives and visual histories. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Japan and she received her BFA from NSCAD University in 2012. 

She has practised as a collaborative artist, instructor, and print media technician at various printmaking centres in Vancouver since 2012, including the Art History and Visual Arts department at UBC, the Print and Publishing Festival in Dawson City Yukon, Mobil Art School in Vancouver, and at Malaspina Printmakers Society. She is currently the Studio Access and Equity Manager at Malaspina Printmakers Society where she works collaboratively with artists and community members to facilitate the exploration of print media.