Printmakers at the Tannery
August Show—Variations in Woodcut
GBU Frank Trueba & Subway Cell Phones Bob Rocco
Full run of show August 1, 2025—August 29, 2025
First Friday August 1, 6:00pm–9:00pm
Our August exhibit will feature woodcut prints by two PATT printmakers: Frank Trueba and Bob Rocco. Both artists are founding members of the printmaking co-op Printmakers at the Tannery (PATT) which started in 2012. They have been making prints and teaching workshops for over 20 years.
Frank Trueba has studied with a number of local artists in a variety of media, concentrating on printmaking and bookbinding. In the last few years, his focus has been traditional Japanese woodblock printing, known as Mokuhanga, which uses water-based inks combined with a starch paste. The image is transferred by using a baren, not a printing press.
Bob Rocco is interested in experimental methods in printmaking, including woodblock printing. All his woodblocks are done in oil based ink, using a roller or a brush to apply the ink to the block, and either the press or a baren to transfer the image to paper. In addition, Bob has been chief editor of the California Society of Printmakers Journal for the past 10 years.
Photopolymer Relief Etching
January 25 & 26, 2025
Valentine Card Making
February 1
Chine Colle
February 22 &23
B.I.G. Soft Ground Etching
March 25 & 26
Sign Blast Tape
April 26 & 27
Print Day in May
May 3
Tannery Spring Market
May 10
Paster Paper
June 7
Reduction Linocut
July 12 & 13
Lino Etch
August 16 & 17
Collagraph
September 6 & 13
Mokuhanga Workshop
November 22 & 29
Holiday Card Making
December 6
Tannery Winter Art Market
December 13, 2025