Collagraph Printmaking: Texture, Line & Layer with Liz Perry

Discover the creative possibilities of collagraph printmaking with artist Liz Perry. This versatile printmaking technique begins with building a collage on a Masonite or Plexiglas plate. Once sealed with a waterproof surface, the plate can be inked and printed in multiple ways using an etching press.

Over two days, students will explore how collagraph plates can be printed in relief, while deeper incised lines can be inked intaglio, creating complex and visually rich prints. Perry will also demonstrate ways to combine collagraph techniques with trace drawing, cut-paper design elements, and monotype processes to create distinctive, one-of-a-kind works.

This workshop offers students an opportunity to experiment with texture, line, layering, and composition while discovering the versatility of the collagraph process. Students will tour the current exhibition, The Printmakers of Cape Cod: 50 Years of Printmaking, for inspiration.

Materials

• All materials supplied; a $20 materials fee included with registration

• Students should pack a lunch for a planned lunch break

Cover image: Tidal Pool, collagraph print inked up in relief and intaglio and hand-colored with watercolor once off the press and dry by Liz Perry.

Liz Perry graduated from Alfred University’s School of Fine Art, Alfred, N.Y., with departmental honors in printmaking, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in printmaking with a minor in painting. She was a student of photographer/printmaker John Wood. After graduating, Perry worked as an artist-in-residence at Millersville State College, Millersville, PA. She has also studied with Minor White, Harland Snodgrass at Alfred Univ., Jonathan Hall of Michigan Univ., and with many printmakers and painters including Don Gorvett, Jim Peters, Joyce Zavorskas, Betsey Garand, Marina Acona and Vicki Tomayko. Perry is a member of The Boston Printmakers and is a past president of The Printmakers of Cape Cod, where she has been a member for over 40 years.

She is the owner of Blue Jacket Studios in West Brewster, where she makes small editions of collagraph prints, drypoint etchings, and monotypes, plus watercolors and mixed media paintings. Her work is non-representational but is strongly influenced by the waterways, ponds, patterns of wildlife migration, and the varied seasons of Cape Cod. Perry teaches classes at The Creative Arts Center in Chatham and The Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. She has won numerous awards for her paintings and prints, and her work has found its way into many homes and collections in New England and around the U.S.

Offered in conjunction with the exhibition

The Printmakers of Cape Cod: 50 Years of Printmaking,

on view August 20 – December 13, 2026.

Cancellation policy: CCMoA must be notified 1 week prior for refund.