A Weekend Filled with Woodblock Printmaking & Glass Sculptures

Nick Wroblewski hosted "Woodblock Printmaking"as a collaborative class between the North House Folk School and the Grand Marais Art Colony this past weekend!

Nick is a talented woodblock printmaker from Madison, WI. Click here to check out his website and beautiful artwork. You can view his work here in Grand Marais at Sivertson Gallery. Pictured left is Nick using the Art Colony's Intaglio press to emboss the wood-cut image onto the paper.

Students spent the first day of class carving blocks at the Folk School before coming to the Art Colony to print them off. Featured left a student carves out her image. Next the printmaker applies color and then rolls it out on the press.

Meanwhile, downstairs in the glass studio, Steve Frykman taught "Introduction to Kiln-Cast Glass."

On the first day of class, students created plaster molds which they then filled with glass pieces to create glass sculptures. This 3-day class started this weekend and continues next Saturday when the kiln will be opened to see what the glass sculptures look like. Stay tuned to see the finished pieces!

Pictured here is Instructor Steve Frykman answering a question about filling the plaster molds.

I will leave you with this final image one of the printmaking students created. This print truly captures the sentiment here in Grand Marais; Spring Has Arrived!