(Honesdale, May 3, 2016)… Nationally-known and locally-based artist Mark Milroy wants to share his passion for woodblock printing with the community for free. Milroy, who produces images hand-carved on wood and printed on a hand-crank press one by one, will offer a no-cost workshop on Saturday, June 11th as part of this year’s Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival. The event will take place at 7pm at The Cooperage Project, 1030 Main Street, Honesdale.
“I will bring many prints but also demonstrate wood block print-making with my press,” says Milroy, noting there is an ah-ha moment when what looks like a mirror image on the wood peels off to be the traditional right-left picture. He admits he’s always been “drawn to the magic of never knowing what you’ll get until you pull that first print.”
