Printmaking, fine press and letter press

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Comment by Sheila Jonah on October 12, 2009 at 1:28pm

Printmakers wanted for 9th International Exhibition and Exchange in Toronto, CANADA See blogspot for information. Curator Sheila Jonah @PROOF Gallery.
http://yearofthetigerprintexhibition.blogspot.com

Comment by Abigail Thomas on June 1, 2009 at 3:41am

Anyone used a paster making machine as an experiemental home print press? Heard its quite good for flexible plates (ie, not zinc etc..) when you dont have access to a proper press........

Comment by Lawrence Finn on May 6, 2009 at 7:37pm

The secret to printing on film for screen positives is to apply a dusting of talcom powder over the top. Then blow it off. Don't wipe it.

This print was 1 meter x 1/2 meter and printing the lino on the presses available (Glasgow Print workshop) wasn't gonna happen easily so I used that technique and screened it. http://www.lawrencefinn.com/home/lfdcwp/wp-content/gallery/Linocut/towers/towerofSong.jpg

Comment by Nancy Wilson on May 6, 2009 at 5:09pm

Thanks Sheree!

Comment by Sheree Kinlyside on May 6, 2009 at 10:55am

Hello Nancy. Welcome to the forum. There is always much to be learned and taught not always from the sources we expect. There are certainly some pros on this site but most are just like you and me... artists who are driven to use books (and prints) to communicate. It's nice to belong and it's nice to have you here. Best wishes to you.

Comment by Nancy Wilson on May 6, 2009 at 5:51am

Hello to the printmaking, fine press and letter press forum. I have no idea about correct protocol, but it seemed that perhaps I should introduce myself as I'm a new member. Frankly I have not participated in many on-line forums, so I'm a bit new at this. I am more a printmaker than a book artist, although my goal is to combine the two. I have made a few simple journals and books. I live and work in France, although I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I hope to learn a lot from all you pros.

Comment by Linda Douglas on January 29, 2009 at 12:18am

I've purchased the most quaint but perfectly functional Adana letterpress 8 x 5 and can't wait to use it, trouble is, I have so many books in my dreams to print and so little space and time at present, that these books remain in my mind...sigh!

Comment by Robert Heather on October 16, 2008 at 11:36am

PRESSING SOUTH:
A Juried Exhibition of Letterpress Printing from the Southeastern United States

Pressing South is sponsored by the University of North Carolina, Wilmington's Department of Art and Art History. The exhibition venue, the Cultural Arts Building Art Gallery is a new, dedicated exhibition space with a mission to bring educational exhibits about art and design to the UNCW student population and general public. The gallery is located on UNCW's campus in Wilmington, NC.

Eligibility: All entries must be of original design, completed after January 1, 2005. Work must have originated in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia.)

Prizes:
First place, US$500;
Second place, US$300;
Third place, US$200

The Juror, Frank Brannon, is a graduate of the M.F.A. in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama and is the proprietor of SpeakEasy Press.

For more information and to download and entry form, please go to this site.

Comment by Robert Heather on September 12, 2008 at 11:43am

A Call to Action for Letterpress Printers!

To protest & commemorate the bombing of Mutanabbi Street, the centre of bookselling in Baghdad, on March 5th 2007, the MUTANABBI STREET COALITION is organising readings and other events that will begin in March 2009 as a fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders.

On March 5th 2007, a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad.

Mutanabbi Street is in a mixed Shia-Sunni area. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Mutanabbi Street, the historic centre of Baghdad bookselling, holds bookstores and outdoor bookstalls, cafes, stationery shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. It has been the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community.

42 artists have already contributed, but the organisers would love to get the total up to 140, and are asking the International Print community to help.

You can view previous contributions here.




This is a call for more printed works to help fundraise, you would need to make an edition of 15 broadsides.

For more information contact: Coordinator of Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project II, Lisa Beth Robinson, at robinsonli@ecu.edu or Beau Beausoleil at overlandbooks@earthlink.net

Deadline for contributions is: JANUARY 15TH 2009

Comment by Robert Heather on September 3, 2008 at 2:53pm

The Briar Press is a huge online community of printmakers and letterpress. If you are looking for specialist equipment, workshops or other activities you can find out at their classifieds here.

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