In 2005 I decided to start taking art classes at the University of Maine in Orono, not so much to pursue a fine arts degree, but more because I fealt I could benefit from a more structured studio experience and from working more closely alongside other artists. My interest when I started the Studio Arts program was in painting and sculpture, but first I had to get some basic art classes out of the way that were required before taking the painting and sculpture classes I wanted to get into. I took care of those prerequisites, but for the next semester the painting and sculpture classes I wanted to take were either not offered or filled up before I could get into them, so I had to find another studio class for that semester. I had also completed the prerequisites for printmaking, so I decided to give that a try. With significantly more guidance than I had in my previous dabblings in printmaking I learned a lot about different kinds of paper and inks suitable for traditional printmaking and found that it was something I was really having a lot of fun with. I ended up staying with it for four semesters, and when the advanced printmaking class I wanted was canceled due to low enrollment I had excelled enough to be one of two students placed ahead into a self directed independent study in printmaking.

Most of the prints on this page are from my four semester concentration in traditional printmaking at the University of Maine from 2007 to 2009. I would like to return to printmaking sometime in the future and have space set aside for it in my home studio, and am currently gearing up to build a traditional relief press similar to what would have been used in during the renaissance, as well as a more modern intaglio/rolling press.

I've put these pages up not only to show some of what I have done in printmaking, but also to give an overview of techniques and perhaps through my own works present something that can educate others. The first few links present my introduction to various kinds of prints, and the rest of the pages are various assignments in no particular order.

Test Collagraphs an intro to Intaglio Printmaking	Test etchings an intro to etching for Intaglio Printmaking	Test Relief Print an intro Relief Printmaking	Test Monoprints an intro to Monoprints and Monotypes
Test Engraving, an intro to Engraving for Intaglio Printmaking	Wedding Invitation, Woodcut Print painted over with Watercolor	Wedding Invitation, Chiaroscuro Woodcut	Modular Print Exercise Mixed media modular prints
Nighttime Wanderings Mezzotint	Death and the Chamois Hunter Mixed Etching, Engraving, and Drypoint	Big Fish Eat the Small woodcut	Yer all a Bunch of Tools Various types of Engraving and Etching
Untitled series of Monoprints inspired by my random sea kayaking trips	The Syllabus A series of Lithographs	Characters from Theurdank Collagraph
Theuerdank Characters version 2 Monotype Print	Peeled Face Self Portrait Monoprint	Pieter's Piper Etching	Buiten Schreef Piper Etching and Monotype