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Registration Opens June 13th at 9:00 am for this Special Visiting Artist Workshop

July 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

9:00 am - 3:00 pm (with a mid day break for lunch)

Creatives of all levels are welcome. Artists accepted into the Insect Exhibition planned by the Insect Museum are eligible for a generous discount and will be forward a discount code in advance. Participation in the workshop is encourage— even artists with no previous printmaking experience are welcome to join this course.

Step into the mesmerizing world of entomological art and advanced printmaking. In this intensive masterclass, renowned artist and Wicked Bugs illustrator Briony Morrow-Cribbs guides you through the delicate fusion of copperplate etching and airbrush aquatint. Together, you will transform the complex, micro-textures of the insect world into hauntingly beautiful, velvety intaglio prints.

What You Will Learn

Airbrush aquatint replaces traditional rosin bags with an atomized mist of acrylic. This tool allows for unprecedented control over tonal gradients. It is the perfect medium for capturing the iridescent sheen of a beetle's wing, the soft fuzz of a moth, or the smooth, armor-like plates of an exoskeleton.

Through live demonstrations and hands-on studio time, you will master:

• The Atomized Plate: How to set up, maintain, and masterfully control an airbrush for aquatint application.

• Develop Tone: Creating buttery, continuous-tone gradients and high-contrast chiaroscuro effects that bring invertebrates to life.

• Insect Anatomy & Texture: Techniques for translating scientific detail into copper.

Who This Is For

This workshop is ideal for printmakers and print curious artists, illustrators, and creatives looking to expand their technical toolkit and break free from current aquatint limitations. Bring your curiosity, your love for the natural world, and a desire to push the boundaries of tone.

Briony Morrow-Cribbs – Biography

Raised on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound, amidst seaweed and rocky shores, Briony Morrow-Cribbs was eventually lured across the continent by the magic of New England. She landed in southern Vermont in 2014.

Between Washington and Vermont, Briony earned her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2012, where she also taught etching until 2014. After wrangling college students, she decided to try her hand at high schoolers and joined the faculty at The Putney School. In 2018, she retired from institutional teaching, moved her etching press into a sheep barn, and revived Twin Vixen Press—originally co-founded in 2008 with fellow artist Helen O’Donnell. She now works as an illustrator, graphic designer, and artist.

As a printmaker, Morrow-Cribbs has exhibited nationally and internationally, with solo shows at Davidson Gallery (Seattle, WA), Artisan Gallery (Paoli, WI), Brumfield Gallery (Cannon Beach, OR), and Tory Folliard Gallery (Milwaukee, WI).

Her illustration career launched with two New York Times bestsellers: Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities and Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects, both written by Amy Stewart. Since then, she’s illustrated Unnatural Creatures (edited by Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley), created copperplate etchings for The Anarchist’s Design Book (Lost Art Press), and contributed illustration and cover art to Gory Details and Go to Hell—both from National Geographic.

She currently lives in Dummerston, Vermont, with her husband and their 5-year-old daughter.

A $40 supply fee paid by cash at the first class includes 1 —6” x 9” copper plate (value $30), 1 full size sheet of high quality printmaking paper, inks, use of airbrush and specialized equipment, shop supplies. Course includes 30 hours of instruction and the ability to work on class projects during open studio hours all week.

$350 Member price. $400 Nonmember price

$50 discount for Honolulu Printmakers Members. Join Today! Ask for the Discount Code in advance to add to your cart on check out. Sorry - no discounts can be applied after checkout.

$50 Fee will be taken for any workshop cancellations to cover our administrative and processing fees. No cancellations accepted 7 days before a class.

Contact us at honoluluprintmakersite.org to be added to the waitlist.

This course is expected to sell out lightning fast.