PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS


Cyanotype & Book Making

INSTRUCTOR: Judi Tentor

Course Fee: $150

Class Length: Two half-days (8 hrs)

Learn how to make blueprints using this historic analog photo process, then bind the prints using a Drum Leaf method of book binding. In this workshop, we will meet at mid-day, when the sun is the strongest for best exposure times, for ‘plein air’ cyanotype printing. We will create compositions from seaweed and other plant materiasl and objects. Students will learn techniques and tips for this alternative photo print process. In the second session we will bind together 5 prints using a Drum Leaf binding method. All levels welcome!

All materials provided, but participants are encouraged to bring flat objects such as keys, plant leaves and flowers, tools, lace, stencils, twine, and/or translucent things.


Experimental Pressure Printing

INSTRUCTOR: Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Course Fee: $120

Class Length: Half-day (4 hrs)

Pressure printing is an image-making technique that combines elements of collage, stencil and color to achieve playful patterns and textures. At our thematic experimental printing workshop, participants will get to explore various pressure printing techniques. Join us in this low-stakes, high-fun creative environment grounded in exploration and letting go of expectations. This workshop is hands-on and very active. All materials provided. All levels welcome!


Greeting Cards

INSTRUCTOR: Lorna Turner & Wendy Emery

Course Fee: $120

Class Length: Half-day (4 hrs)

Design and print your own greeting cards, using cuts and wood type from the Museum’s collection to create handmade seasonal cards and messages on a printing press. After learning how to set wood type, lock it into a chase, and ink the press, you'll be able to create 25 cards for upcoming holidays. Minors (age 12-17) enrolled in this workshop must be accompanied by a paying adult. All materials provided. All experience levels welcome.


Linoleum Block Printing

INSTRUCTOR: Wendy Emery & Lorna Turner

Course Fee: $150

Class Length: Full-day (7 hrs)

Join us for this special hands-on workshop focusing on linoleum block printing, where you'll learn how to how create and transfer your design onto a linoleum block, as well as the basic carving techniques that allow you to bring your vision to life. After the lunch break, you will also experience the satisfaction of inking your block and printing with it on the Museum's presses. You'll be able to keep and re-use your hand carved linoleum block for future projects, like cards, wall art, and more. Come join us for a day of creativity, exploration, and artistic expression. All levels welcome!


Metal Typesetting

INSTRUCTOR: Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Course Fee: $190

Class Length: Full-day (7 hrs)

Discover the art of typography through a hands-on workshop where you will set metal type, learning the fundamentals of points, picas, type size, leading, and sorts—the essential elements of crafting a beautifully printed 'calling card', contain a short poem, prose or lyrics of your choosing. Participants will spend about two-thirds of the workshop composing their text through hand-setting, working with spacing material and proofing each piece. The remaining time will be printing your text-based composition. At the end of the workshop each student will get a compiled portfolio of cards printed that day.

This workshop is perfect for enthusiasts of type and letterforms, poetry lovers, avid readers, and anyone who enjoys creating something truly beautiful.

Photo Realistic Letterpress

INSTRUCTOR: Rebecca Chamlee

Course Fee: $400

Class Length: Multi-day (15 hrs)

Continuous-tone photographic images are characterized by gradual transitions between shades and colors and have frustrated letterpress printers for decades. The need for the traditional halftone screen often produces coarse prints, difficult registration and color issues. In this technical hybrid workshop, which includes both online and and in-person components, participants will explore the possibilities of letterpress printing as a means of producing successful four-color process images. Two live Zoom sessions include discussion and demonstrations on how to achieve successful results, choosing and editing original images, color manipulation in PhotoShop, soft proofing and preparing files for photopolymer plates. Students will order their own photo polymer plates for original four-color images. Two weeks later, with plates in hand, we will meet in person for hands-on printing, plus demonstrations of technique and discussions of strategies for letterpress printing of multiple plates in tight registration.

Skill level: Students should have letterpress experience with some knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop.


Sublimation & More

INSTRUCTOR: Glenn Laird

Course Fee: $120

Class Length: Half-day (4 hrs)

Participants get to experiment with three different creative processes: sublimation printing, heat-applied vinyl transfers, and button making. Sublimation printing produces vibrant colors that can be transferred onto any item with polyester molecules on its surface, including shirts, notebooks, mugs, and key chains. Heat-applied vinyl is cut by hand or machine, then transferred onto cotton fabric with heat to create unique images. Specialty buttons are made from paper artwork in various sizes, whether pictures, sketches, drawings, rubber stamping, or pre-printed imagery.

Basic quantities of most items will be supplied; larger quantities subject to additional charges. Participants must bring their own cotton & polyester shirts. Beginners welcome!


Type as Image

INSTRUCTOR: Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Course Fee: $120

Class Length: Half-day (4 hrs)

Using the familiar shapes of letterforms in a playful way to create designs, patterns and characters is the goal of this seasonally-inspired workshop, tho participants will also be encouraged to maintain focus on proper printing technique and principles of design (scale, repetition, white space, canvas area etc). This is a fun workshop that celebrates the magic of printing! Once our designs are set up, we’ll get busy printing the designs, creating a folio of posters to be exchanged at the end of class. All materials provided. All experience levels welcome.


Type Slam

INSTRUCTOR: Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Course Fee: $120

Class Length: Half-day (4 hrs)

In this half-day workshop, participants learn a little about the history of letterpress printing, then they select wood type from the Museum’s collection, lock up their form in a chase, and ink and print their poster. Each workshop has a special theme. At the end of the workshop, there will be a print exchange, so that everyone takes home a portfolio of prints made during the workshop. This workshop is hands-on and very active. All materials provided. All experience levels welcome.