One interesting thing about printmaking is that once the ink hits the press, what comes out is somewhat of a surprise.
"This is what I think is fun because we don't really know what we are going to get," said Kathy Klompas, co-owner of the Ragged Edge Studio.
What is revealed isn't just beauty, but the idea that anyone really can create art.
"There's no screwing up," said Klompas.
In fact most of the people in the printmaking class FOX23 News attended had never done this type of art before. Some of the pieces were very contemporary looking, but the art form is very traditional, dating back centuries upon centuries.
"There are printmakers in the area but this is the only studio that I know of where you can come, take a class or do open studio," said Klompas.
Klompas and her business partner opened the Ragged Edge Studio about two years ago after taking printmaking classes here and there. They wanted something more.
"I signed up for the monoprint class every time it ran and Lise said, 'maybe we need our own place,'" said Klompas.
"I was working a lot of hours at a corporate job and I wanted just an art studio. I thought this would be a great place to build community and have other artists in my life," said Klompas.
The two built the studio to be completely green, with non toxic paints. Over time it has grown to not just a printmaking class but also photo polymer printing and textile printing.
They have even brought guest artists in to work and teach.
The teaching side of things, and how much the art has taken off, is not what Klompas had planned for.
"I think things are meant to happen and they are in you," she said.
Just like the art that so many in her studio are learning is in them.
