PRESS HOLIDAY CARD WORKSHOP! Saturday November 17th from 10am-4pm $95 + $30 material fee An intro to letterpress, this class will take you through the basics of setting up and running our magical Vandercook Universal III letterpress. You will carve your own 4×6 relief print from your own design or drawing. A relief print is created … Continue reading
The days have been flying by, and the Experimental Letterpress is coming to a close. We all have been putting the finishing touches on our reduction cuts, and they look nothing short of amazing! Below you’ll see how they are progressing: Our final assignment is a bit of a free for all. We get to … Continue reading
In this week’s edition of “Experimental Letterpress,” we have ventured into the world of linocuts! A linocut is a printmaking technique (a variant of woodcut) in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife or linoleum cutter which produces a mirrored … Continue reading
I’m sure that most of you know by now that Melanie is a professor at MCLA (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts). She teaches an array of fine arts/printmaking classses, and this summer PRESS is home to her Experimental Letterpress class. This amazing class teaches traditional letterpress processes including setting and printing type and relief image making … Continue reading
This week we prepare to say farewell to the work of our dear friends Barry and Julio. Ink in the Blood had a great run and we are so happy that we had the chance to share their passion and talent with the city of North Adams. Our walls feel so empty already! This Thursday … Continue reading
Hi everyone. First we’d like to send a special hello to those of you that just recently started following our blog. We’re so glad you found us, and we hope to hear from you soon! The next few weeks are very exciting for PRESS. We have a few upcoming events that we wanted to remind … Continue reading
I’m sure many of you are wondering what in the world I’m talking about. Well I have a little backstory for you. Melanie is a member of the ILSSA. Still speaking gibberish? Well ILSSA is short for the Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (which can be found here). The ILSSA is a … Continue reading
Hi everyone! We here at PRESS wanted you to know that we have a new and improved Flickr page, which can be found here. We have pictures posted from last year’s season as well as this year, so be sure to pay a visit. You may even spot yourself in a few snapshots! We will continue to … Continue reading
We would like thank everyone that made Thursday night a huge success. We tallied our numbers and over 500 people came through our doors! We’re still in shock! There was plenty of fun to be had as people filled the streets of North Adams to celebrate with Downstreet Art. The night began with the ribbon … Continue reading
We all at PRESS are getting ready for our big opening this Thursday, while also working with a couple of artists to print some of their ideas. Today, Barry Sternlieb, one of the artists of Ink in the Blood that opens on Thursday worked with Melanie on his latest broadside. This is the first time … Continue reading
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