AIGA San Diego is pleased to promote the following community event as we think it may be of interest to our members; this event is not hosted by AIGA.

Make original reproducible relief block prints!

Combine monotype with relief prints to create colorful pieces of art. All materials provided, so get ready to get inky and walk away with your own stamped paper!

Linocut is a graphic relief printmaking technique in which a block of linoleum is carved by hand to produce a matrix that can be used for multiple prints. The linoleum block is inked with a roller and then impressed onto paper or fabric.

Aaron Ishaeik is an award-winning creative director with 15 years of design experience in multiple media. He is an accomplished illustrator, printmaker and fine artist. His work has been featured in galleries in Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and San Diego. He teaches printmaking and regularly hosts demonstrations and workshops at the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Annual Design Conference and The Southern Graphics Council International Conference. He is a member of Bay Park Press, a premier printmaking studio in San Diego.

His Illustrations and design work have been featured in international publications, including Graphics and Creativity. He has won a regional Emmy® Award for his commercial work for the Port of San Diego as well as The City of Chula Vista; and created 30+ hand-illustrated icons for every park and recreation center in San Diego County, as part of a strategic branding initiative for the County of San Diego Department of Parks & Recreation winner of a Platinum Marcom award and Emerging Brand of the Year from the San Diego Ad Club. A graduate of the prestigious School of Art Institute of Chicago, Ishaeik began his design and fine art career in Chicago and Washington D.C.