Lillstreet Spring Catalogue 2013 by Lillstreet Art Center

WORKSHOPS HANDMADE SKETCHBOOK WORKSHOP ( 1 DAY ) Make an elegant exposed spine, easy-open sketchbook. Students will hand tear and fold paper, cover boards with decorative paper or cloth and sew a custom sketchbook. The journal will be bound with a Coptic stitch. Simple sewing skills are helpful, but not required. Some materials provided. Students should come with any decorative paper or printed they might want to use to cover their journals. No experience necessary, hand sewing experience helpful. Saturday April 13, 10am-3pm or Saturday May 4, 10am-3pm

Heather Bella

$75, Members $70 $10 Materials fee

FACULTY FOCUS: JUDY ZEDDIES

PRINTMAKING DEPARTMENT CHAIR

MEET JUDY ZEDDIES, THE NEW PRINTMAKING DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT LILLSTREET AND OCCASIONAL FUSING INSTRUCTOR IN THE GLASS DEPARTMENT. JUDY CREATES FASCINATING WORK AS A PRINTMAKER AND WE WERE INTRIGUED BY HER IMAGES OF CHAIRS, AND THIRDLY WE WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHO SHE IS AND HOW SHE HAS DEVELOPED HER ARTISTIC PROCESS.

LILLSTREET: So Judy, what compels you to create? JUDY: Deadlines. (laughing.) … and the opportunity to talk to the public about my work and process. I am interested in sharing my experience so that there’s a relationship created, and in educating public about the history of printmaking. Printmaking really demonstrates these personal relationships to the environment. LILLSTREET: Why were you drawn to this medium? JUDY: There is wonderful surprise in the indirectness of printmaking. With painting, you put paint directly on the canvas, with printmaking; there is always a surprise when you pull the ink through. There is always a surprise, hopefully always a pleasant one. LILLSTREET: What themes/issues do you address in your work? JUDY: Furniture, primarily chairs. I use them as a substitute for human figures, to indicate a relationship between the figure and the space. This allows the viewers to bring their own history to the experience of the piece. I’m also interested in the shape of chairs and the positive and negative space, so there’s a graphic component and also a psychological component, which the viewer brings. LILLSTREET: Describe your working process.

LILLSTREET: Which part of the creative process is most exciting/rewarding for you? JUDY: The process of carving blocks or etching of plates. After the image is fully developed, the actual printing is just work. My print editions are limited to 25 or less. I really like to teach, and like to discover what makes the students engage, to see what their creativity generates. LILLSTREET: How does Lillstreet’s community aid in the production of your work?

PRINTMAKING

JUDY: I actually don’t do any sketching. My work is inspired by snippets of folk songs. I always keep a long list of names and phrases that will suggest the title of a piece. From there, I let the words inform the process. I don’t even have a sketchbook.

JUDY: The interaction between the faculty as well as the interaction of teacher to individual students really helps me to see things freshly. Students use techniques that they may have learned accidently that I’m not aware of, which often informs me later. It is a collaborative learning process. LILLSTREET: Why be a part of an Art Center/ specifically Lillstreet? JUDY: For printmakers mostly, they don’t have a a press. Printers gather around the press and potters gather around a kiln—facility. Social interaction and encouragement from instructors and amongst students is part of why I love Lillstreet.

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LILLSTREET: What is your ideal workspace? JUDY: I love my studio. It has two etching presses and small letter press. I have great heating control. Mostly I like the privacy of the studio, the windows are high enough that they aren’t easy to stare out of, but they are cheerful and joyful with daylight. LILLSTREET: So outside of art, what are your other interests/ passions? JUDY: I love cooking, and I actually am a trained chef; so fine dining too. I also have an interest in cave tours, and long driving vacations.