About this Event
Instructors - Eric Lavaliere and Jarrod Pek
Eric Lavaliere brings 20+years of professional screen printing experience to our shop. Eric has built his brand Momentum Screen Print to offer a wide range of products from t-shirts to art prints. As an instructor, Eric offers students a wealth of detailed knowledge regarding the technical and creative aspects of screen printing.
Jarrod Pek is the Screen Print Shop Lead at Artisans Asylum where he runs a decorative art business, Jarrod Pek LLC out of his studio space. Jarrod has 20+years of experience as a professional artisan and educator, spanning a wide variety of disciplines, most notably screen printing.
Class Description
You know the basics of coating and developing a screen, but that’s just the beginning!
Screen printing encompasses a wide range of techniques and procedures that can produce stunning visual results.
Bring your screen printing projects and ideas to class to benefit from the guidance of a professional screen printer. Our instructors are eager to share their printing experience and introduce techniques appropriate to what you are currently working on and what you will push yourself to try.
If you have taken Introduction to Screen Printing or passed the Screen Shop Tool Test, this class is right for you. If you need to learn the basics of screen printing like coating and burning a screen, we encourage you to take our Intro class or contact our Print Shop Lead Jarrod to discuss other options.
There is no set curriculum for this class. We want students to determine the class direction based on what they hope to achieve in their own work. This class is designed to follow whatever direction best suits each student.
There is no materials fee for this class. Students are responsible for bringing all supplies necessary to work on their projects.
Material Fee
There is no materials fee for this class as students will bring their own materials.
Class Goals
- Your “in process” projects will be assessed by an experienced screen printer who can offer personalized guidance on how best to achieve your specific vision.
- Communicate with the instructor to determine the skills you want to learn.
- Collaborate with instructors and fellow students to discover new techniques to advance your screen printing practice.
- Learn new techniques and better ways to screen print.
- Identify common themes and practices that might develop into more focused classes for our shop in the future.
- This class is designed to be taken multiple times to learn the skills needed to push your screen printing forward.
Material Supplied
All of the tools and supplies publicly available in our screen printing shop will be available during this class.
Students Should Bring
Students should bring "in process" projects and all of the supplies required to work on those projects in class.
If you don't have a specific project to work on in class, that is ok. Be prepared to discuss screen printing techniques or skills you want to learn from the instructor. If you have a clear idea of what you want to learn, our instructor can guide you more effectively.
Prerequisites
Students must be 18 years old or older.
Students must have taken "Introduction to Screen Printing" or have passed an Artisans Asylum Screen Printing Tool Test.
Class Policies
Learn more about our class and ticket cancelation policies Here.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
*Sales end 24 hours before the start of the class to allow the instructor and staff time to prep.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Artisan's Asylum, 96 Holton Street, Boston, United States
USD 64.23