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Demonstration of printmaking with photopolymer plates

art printmakingFrank Brannon, Jr., proprietor of SpeakEasy Press in Dillsboro, will present “How to Make and Print Photopolymer Plates” for Art League of the Smokies at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City.

 

Photopolymer plates is a contemporary process of image-making that Brannon uses in the printing courses he teaches at the Nantahala School of the Arts in Bryson City. The demonstration will include how these plates are made and printed and how they can be combined with metal printing type to print text in English or in the Cherokee writing system. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to do some hands-on experimentation if time permits. Information will be given on where the plates can be bought and how to make and print them in your home studio using the sun, a piece of Mylar and a sharpie pen.

Brannon earned his M.F.A. in the Books Arts Program at the University of Alabama in 2005. In addition to opening his own teaching and working studio in Dillsboro, he teaches an introductory book arts class at Western Carolina University.

Sponsored by the NC Arts Council, Swain County Center for the Arts and Swain County Schools, the public demonstration is free of charge. This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the department of Cultural Resources.  

828.488.7843 or www.swain.k12.nc.us/cfta.

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