“I have always been in love with the natural world. As a young girl, our summers were spent sailing around Lake George, New York, picking berries, camping, fishing and bird watching. Those magical experiences have shaped who I am and how I express myself through art. It has given me a passion for the beauty and wonder of nature and a deep gratitude of the vitality for the wild landscapes.” ~ Hannah Spencer
We will be creating a one color block print with the theme Envisioning. Whether it’s a cabin in the woods for the solitude your longing for or a bold image of a turtle reminding you to slow down….bring an image of whatever you envision for yourself for 2024. Hanna will help you cut, carve and print your artwork.
What to bring:
A image of what you would like to welcome into the new year.
What’s included:
Tools to cut and carve your very own blockprint.
Tools can be taken home.
Double sided block to carve.
Hannah will be printing your finished artwork to take home.
$75 per person
Member Rate: 10% discount. Use “MEMBER” code at checkout.
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Spencer is a self-taught woodblock artist
and a fly-fishing guide. “I use woodblock to challenge me and my thought process.” She finds that
as she carves the wood, she continually reminds herself, “to soften the edges and dark areas, not
to draw in every detail. Sometimes it is what you don’t carve or call attention to that has the
greatest impact. A lesson in life and how I want to live.”
Her artwork begins out in the field where she sketches her inspired surroundings. Then she
transfers the drawings onto a sustainable wood block in reverse. She carefully prepares the
woodblock as a relief pattern, cutting away the negative spaces with Japanese hand tools in several
sizes. When she is satisfied with the carving, she inks the block and prints it onto paper.
Spencer’s work comes from an old tradition that she deliberately chooses, “I avoid the overt use of
modern technology by carving, pressing, and printing in the old- fashioned method...by hand.” She
uses oil-based inks and prints onto archival Japanese paper for her black and white images and
archival watercolor paper with watercolor paint for her colored images.
Currently, Spencer resides with husband and 7-year-old twins on the banks of the Salmon River in
Idaho. She and her family live off grid where they have built a sustainable straw-bale home. They
maintain bees, a garden that feeds the family, and pure joy for their surroundings.