DIY Brayers

Demonstration organized by Ross Mazzupappa

Description

Accessibility has always played a role in the printmaker's ability to produce their work. We are accustomed to specialized tools, equipment, and spaces in which to work. This demonstration will educate the audience on how to make their own urethane roller or brayer suitable for student and professionals alike. These brayers made in this DIY method cost a fraction of commercially available options and can hold up to regular use.

Hopefully giving underfunded programs, creative spaces, community printshops, and underprivileged artists means to share their creative voices. At the 2020 remote symposium, Ross demonstrated how to make DIY rollers; this year his demonstration will focus on DIY brayers, with updated research and resources for participants to download.

About the artist

Ross Mazzupappa is the Associate Teaching Professor of Printmaking and Photography at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Serving as the head of the photography area. Ross earned his MA, and MFA from the University of Iowa. Ross is an interdisciplinary artist who incorporates a wide range of printmaking, photographic processes, and emerging technologies into his artwork. His research consists of themes involving labor, industry, place, memory, and history surrounding the Rust Belt region of the US. Beyond his creative practice, Ross is deeply invested in research and has developed several techniques, processes, and artist tools. His work shows nationally, internationally, and is in private and public collections.

Time

3-5pm Thursday

Location

University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art

Folk Hall

Room 129

Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.