Print Play: Pochoir- Fall 2025

Print Play: Pochoir- Fall 2025Course Code: 25FPM015I This one day, in person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday, October 18th, from 12PM to 4PM ET. Saturday, October 18th, 12PM to 4PM ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on October 4th, at 11: 59pm Eastern Time. About the Workshop: Stencil printing is one of the most versatile and accessible forms of printmaking. This workshop will focus on a DIY version of pochoir, a French stencil printing technique, using

Course Code: 25FPM015I

This one-day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday, October 18th, from 12PM to 4PM ET.

• Saturday, October 18th, 12PM to 4PM ET

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on October 4th, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

About the Workshop:

Stencil printing is one of the most versatile and accessible forms of printmaking. This workshop will focus on a DIY version of pochoir, a French stencil printing technique, using readily available tools and materials that are conducive to a home studio practice.

The workshop will cover how to prepare images and text for multi-color pochoir prints, cut stencils, and print them in editions or as one-of-a-kind pieces. Once stencils are cut, it's playtime using color in various ways to print your designs. Participants are encouraged to create original prints, experiment with different paper surfaces to print on (such as drawings and prints they have previously made or found surfaces like old books), and explore hand-cut typography. Participants will delve into layering colors, adding textures, and developing creative use of matrices.

Discussions will include a historical overview of various stencil printing and setting up a home studio practice for stencil printing.

Required Materials:

• X-acto knife with replacement blade
• A bag of cosmetic wedges
• Paper, pencil, and eraser for creating designs
• A pad of Dura Lar
• Paper surfaces you want to use (old drawings and prints, old books, etc.)

All other materials will be provided by the Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.

About the Instructor

Asuka Ohsawa is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Using insatiable curiosity as a guiding principle, she shares her love for learning and the dissemination of information through books and zines. She believes in the power of independent publishing to embrace and celebrate the eccentric, the obscure, the forgotten, and the marginalized.

Asuka’s zines and artists’ books are in numerous public collections, including Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Virginia Commonwealth University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and San Francisco Public Library.

Asuka has taught printmaking, bookmaking, and surface design classes and workshops at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Parsons School of Design, Montclair State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Penland School of Craft.

All images courtesy of the instructor.