I recently had the chance to photograph the artists at work during OCADU’s inaugural Residency Program at Working Title Press. Coordinated by lead printer, Nicholas Shick, the printmaking artists collaborated with technicians to produce some fantastic work.

I never took any printmaking classes while I studied at OCAD, it was really neat to see  just how many steps it takes to make a single print. Printmakers must be very patient people!

LogJam by Alison Judd

The first project I photographed was Alison Judd‘s LogJam. Technicians Leah Ataide, Miles Ingrassia, Susan Van Der Beek, lead printer Nicholas Shick and Alison all collaborated over the many steps in the printing process.

Alison and Susan work prepare the wood for printing.

Miles Ingrassia printing for Alison Judd’s “LogJam” body of work.

After Alison & Susan carefully prepared the wood for printing, and Miles & Nick rolled ink onto the wood.

Next, they laid down the paper to create the print, and smoothed out any imperfections.

Another day, Alison and technician Leah Ataide installed the LogJam. The detail in each print from the unique elements of the wood is amazing.

I shot so many great images of the Working Title Press artists, so I’m going to break them up into a few blog posts. The upcoming artists include Mark Bath, Benjamin Edmiston and Anna Hoberman.