Date: Aug 7, 2024
Deadline: Sep 21, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Instructor: Michelle Wiebe
Date: September 22, 2024
Location: A/P Studio
Cost: $135.00
Get Started with Letterpress printing and try different types of letterpress printing presses!
Looking for a quick and beautiful way to do relief printing? Using printing presses will give you the speed and flexibility to take your art to the next level.
Compatible with Linocut printing, Polymer plates and Woodcuts, this class gives you the knowledge to lock these things up with lead type or on their own in their two user friendly presses!
No experience required.
What you’ll learn:
- Operation of Vandercook SP-15 Cylinder Press
- Operation of Craftsman Superior and Kelsey Platen Press
- Tools and Terminology for Letterpress
- Basic Lock-Up Techniques
- Printing Linocut and Type
- Machine Clean-Up
- Troubleshooting printing issues
About the instructor:
Michelle Wiebe is a Cochrane, Alberta-based artist focused primarily on painting, printmaking and letterpress. With a great fondness for all things print, you can find her fixing rusty presses or spending time printing at Alberta Printmakers. Michelle is a passionate instructor with a deep love for teaching, she makes it her goal that students leave her class with quality work and the confidence to continue building their new skills.
Instagram: @mw.artco | Website: michellewiebe.com
Workshop Fee
$135.00* prices not subject to GST
*Access to using the A/P studio equipment, including as a workshop participant, requires an A/P membership. Annual memberships are $30 and $10 for current students and current recipients of AISH. Membership fees can be applied directly to your workshop registration.
This workshop includes all project supplies, students are recommended to:
- Bring image ideas, digital files or other creative prompts
- Arrive no more than 10 minutes before class.
- Park in the stalls located in front of A/P or use free street parking.
- Bring a lunch and water bottle.
- Bring a notebook/sketchbook and pen.
- Bring reading glasses if you need them for fine work.
- Wear suitable clothing for working with ink and/or a work apron.
- Wear close toed shoes and avoid overly loose long sleeves.
- Tie back long hair when operating machinery.
- Personal PPE (if uncomfortable with Shared Studio PPE)
Additional Notes:
- Class limited to 6 Participants
- Adults 18+ Years Old
For more information and to register, visit our website here