Come down to PRESS from 6:00pm until 8:00pm TONIGHT to learn how to make small books as ornaments & cards for the holidays. What’s an Ornament Book? Well it’s tiny little (or medium) wonderful, actual book full of holiday joy that you can use as decoration or card! Some say that little Ornament Books were … Continue reading
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Printmaking With A Steamroller, How About In North Adams?
Ever since we found this video of printmakers from Texas using a steamroller and a parking lot as a printing press, we haven’t been able to stop thinking about how ridiculously awesome it would be to try this out. These printmakers are a group of artists who go by the name Art To The Third … Continue reading
Opening Thursday, December 1!
Downstreet Art on ICE!!! The latest installment of Downstreet Art is gearing up for a great night out on Main Street. From the ART MALL at Gallery 51, to Art on a Stick roaming the streets, art will be up and down the street. PRESS joins in with another new show, PATTERNS AND PRESSURE. Patterns … Continue reading
PRESS gets ready for the Hometown Holidays in North Adams
This coming December, North Adams will be hosting a series of Thursday night events, the Hometown Holidays! Merchants are decorating their windows and planning special events to get you downstreet and cultivating your holiday spirit. PRESS is definitely part of the celebration! We’ve spent the week decorating our window for the big event, in between … Continue reading
The PRESS Inspiration Book
This is our Inspiration Book, Melanie made this herself just for PRESS! Check out some of the things visitors have written in it. We sometimes use this book as a source of inspiration for new projects and are always looking for new things in the book. If there is something that inspires you; something that … Continue reading
Our Friend, Atef Bolos
Meet Atef Bolos: Atef owns the Jewelry store at 101 Main St., right next door to PRESS. He has been the best neighbor we could have ever hoped for. He is the owner and Master Jeweler at his shop Atef Fine Jeweler. So while he is not busy crafting fine jewelry for the Berkshires, … Continue reading
The PRESS Poetry Series
As per usual, PRESS has been busy while not letting the snow be any reason at all to slow down. Printing and developing new events through out these quickly approaching winter months is how you will find PRESS & Co. spending their time. Jason has been developing our new series of events called the PRESS … Continue reading
Carrie and The Great Wood-type Clean
Ever since we have gotten so much new woodtype in at PRESS, it has all needed a good cleaning. With years of ink and dust build up in between the spaces of the letters, the natural grains of the wood are beginning to come through again. And most of that progress is due to our awesome … Continue reading
Three Little Birds
I’ve been working on this really fun print all week. I’m making it for Fran, one of two sisters who are very generous North Adams residents. Their family had a print shop here many years ago and are letting us borrow some really fun cuts, wood type and other things. I’m making a couple of … Continue reading
Book Bombs Mary Tasillo visits PRESS
Mary Tasillo, is a book, print, text, and paper artist based in Philadelphia, PA. She is also a teacher, writer, and independent scholar. She balances limited edition work with the democratic multiple to ensure the broadest possible audience. She visited PRESS this past week to print the cover of her latest Book Bomb Horizontalidad. The colophon … Continue reading
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