Wheel of Fortune: Destiny, Success, Chance
Saturday classes, tales from John C. Campbell, and Bad Art Market photos.
Saturday Classes: Spots Still Available
Art for LGBTQ+ Rights - Saturday, 10am - 1pm | Eno Arts Mill
Open to LGBTQ+ folks and allies! Walk-ins welcome.
At this workshop we will cover:
How shock art spread political messages about the AIDS crisis in the 80’s
The impact of the AIDS quilt on queer fiber art today
Kehinde Wiley’s portrayal of queer Black masculinity
Local and national art spaces that center and support LGBTQ+ artists
Our own LGBTQ+ focused art
Open art-making time!
Bad Art Club - Saturday, 2-5 pm | Eno Arts Mill
Halloween-themed! 3 spots left and walk-ins are welcome.
At this class we will cover:
The history of tarot, oracle, and playing cards
Archetypes commonly seen in tarot art
Practice reading and interpreting tarot and oracle cards
Open art-making time for card-inspired art! I cut up an entire Taschen Astrology Encyclopedia for us to collage with.
Inktober: Practice with pencil and ink drawings based on prompts
Carving the Wheel of Fortune
Over the next few newsletters, I will share excerpts from my week at the John C. Campbell Folk School learning printmaking and letterpress.
After my first layout of text, I began learning how to print carved images. First I designed images to carve. The Inktober prompt for the day was “Fortune” so I took inspiration from the Wheel of Fortune tarot card.
I chose a simple wheel design with two triangles inside to represent the idea “As above, so below” and featured an angel and a devil motif circling the wheel. The wheel represents the circle of life, chance, and cycles. I also drew a few more ideas inspired by the idea of “fortune”.
Next, I carved my main design into a linoleum block which was mounted on wood (the grey block in the images). This is called “linocut” and it best for getting small details because the material is quite hard, and you can press the block many times. The downside is that because it is so hard, it is harder on the hands to cut.
Then I carved my secondary design ideas into a much softer material called “speedy carve” (the pink blocks in the images). These are much easier to carve but they don’t get as good of details because they are so soft. They also flatten out the more you press them and lose details. However, you can cut them in to different shapes.
These are my final printed images from carving.
Next time: combining text and images!
Bad Art Market Photo Gallery
Thank you to everyone who made it to the Bad Art Market! It was an amazing day for myself and the participating artist vendors. We loved gettting to showcase our work and discuss art with you all.
Check out our gallery of photos taken by the very talented and generous Steve Murray!