Fall Monotyping with Leaves and Plants
Class Description
Come create some unique monotype prints with us this fall at Tiger Lily Press! We will be using found fall plants such as leaves and dried fungi and foliage to make beautiful, unique, painterly prints. Each session will start with a walk around the wooded Dunham Recreation Park so participants can forage for plant forms they find interesting and unique. We will then bring these plants back to the studio, ink up a piece of plexi, and arrange the plants on the plexi. After, each participant will run their planted-up plexi glass through the press to create a one-of-a-kind print. Participants will then be encouraged to make ghost prints of their designs, and use the inky plants to make more prints. All ages and experience levels are encouraged to take this workshop- no previous experience is necessary! Come have a good time and get inky with us this fall.
Class Fee
Member Pricing: $45.00
Non-Member Pricing
Member Pricing: $54.00
Course Agenda
Week 1:
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Take a short walk through Dunham Recreation Park
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Gather interesting fall plants, leaves, dried fungi,
and foliage -
Learn the basics of monotype printing
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Ink a piece of plexiglass
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Arrange found plant materials
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Run the plate through the press to create your first print
Week 2:
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Forage for new plant shapes and textures
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Create additional plant-based monotypes
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Experiment with different arrangements and ink coverage
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Learn how to create ghost prints from the remaining ink
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Use the inked plants themselves to make additional impressions
Week 3:
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Gather a final selection of seasonal plant materials
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Experiment with layering, composition,
and painterly effects -
Combine techniques learned during the first two weeks
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Create a small series of finished, one-of-a-kind fall prints
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Explore variations using ghost prints and inked foliage
3 Day Class
October 13th 6pm-8pm
October 20th 6pm-8pm
October 27th 6pm-8pm
Level of Study:
All Levels
Topics Covered
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Foraging plants that are good for monotypes
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Creating monotypes using foraged plants
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Setting up the press for printing
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Operating the press for printing
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Hand-printing techniques can be shown too so participants can do this process at home
Supplies
Materials List (provided by class fees)
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Plexiglass
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Inks
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Paper
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Some plants
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Brayers
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Ink knives
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Cleaning materials
Materials List (student brings)
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Some bags for collecting plants
and participants can bring in
some of their own plants if they choose!
Class Fee
Member Pricing: $45.00
Non-Member Pricing
Member Pricing: $54.00
3 Day Class
October 13th 6pm-8pm
October 20th 6pm-8pm
October 27th 6pm-8pm
Level of Study:
All Levels
About the Instructor – Autumn
Stephanie Berrie is an artist from Dayton, Ohio. She completed her BFA at the Columbus College of Art and Design in 2015 and her MFA at Texas Tech University in 2019. Berrie owns and runs her own printmaking studio in Northern Kentucky, Wild Berries Press and co-runs studio collective, Spit Bite Studios, where she teaches printmaking workshops and hosts community events. She has also been an artist in residence at the St. Michael’s Printshop in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 2026, and was Tiger Lily’s Annual Working Artist in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2020-2021. She has exhibited her printmaking work all across the nation, primarily in the Southwestern, Midwestern, and Eastern states and is an active member of the Mid America Print Council.
