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Are you looking for letterpress classes and book arts workshops in the Bay Area? Keep your eyes on our Upcoming Classes page -- the Fall schedule will be announced in the near future. Learn the basics of letterpress, make a poetry chapbook, and more! In the meantime...take a look at some photos from our recent Mother's Day card printing workshop:
North Bay Letterpress Arts recently hosted Santa Rosa Junior College graphic design students and helped them to print their own designs from photopolymer plates. While many projects at NBLA involve hand-laid lead or wood type, the process showed students how the printing method evolved over time, and how they could incorporate their graphic design skills to make custom prints by hand. The students learned how to print on the Vandercook SP-15:
Designs were printed 4-up...
...and trimmed down into individual cards to take home.
It is one of the goals of NBLA to provide printing experiences to different schools in the region. If you are a teacher interested in bringing your students into the printshop in Sebastopol, feel free to contact us!
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On March 25, Jami Taback taught a Solar Plate Printing workshop that created some beautiful work in the printshop. Solar plate printing is a simple, safe, and fast approach to traditional etching. It does not require the use of grounds, acids or solvents. Solar plate printmaking is used by artists, printmakers, and photographers all over the world.
Solar plates are exposed with UV light and developed with ordinary tap water.
Students watch as Jami washes exposed plate material to reveal their solar printing plates.
Participants were introduced to the exposing, developing and printing of solar plates. Direct drawing, photographic and digital approaches to creating images was taught. Inking, wiping and paper preparation was also be demonstrated. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants had a clear understanding of the solar plate process and were able to take their very own prints home!
Create your own prints in one of our upcoming workshops!
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