The workshop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden will focus on designing a stamp and mastering basic relief printing skills while exploring the shapes and designs of botanicals. The session will commence outdoors, where participants will sketch plants throughout the Garden for inspiration. Following this, participants will finalize their plant-based designs and carve them for stamping and relief printing. Each participant will then stamp their designs onto various paper options. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to print the designs, and time permitting, participants may experiment with a basic printmaking technique.
Date: Saturday, Nov. 7
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Fee: $50 ($45 Member)
Registration Deadline: Nov. 3
Instructor: Christy Petterson
About Christy Petterson
Christy Bardis Petterson is an artist and writer based in Atlanta. For 18 years, she organized an award-winning craft market known as the Indie Craft Experience. She served as a teaching artist at the High Museum of Art for 10 years and has also taught at the Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Clubhouse Kid + Craft, and other locations throughout Atlanta.
Her interests include printmaking, bookbinding, and natural dyes, along with a passion for reading and writing. Petterson graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing, focusing on creative nonfiction. She resides in East Atlanta Village.
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