Title: Old-fashioned & New-fangled: Relief Printmaking from DIY Polymer Plates Feb 27 & 28

Relief polymer plates AND letterpress? Here you have it:

Relief polymer plates, the current industry-standard for letterpress printing, reproduce computer-generated files with great precision. Over two days, we’ll apply this technology to hand-wrought imagery for expressive results. Two design prompts and materials found around the studio will get us started as we learn how to create and process transparencies (negatives) and relief plates without going near a computer!

We’ll proof our images on the C&P letterpress, then add and subtract information to make more plates. As a group, we’ll design and edition a broadside made from sections of plates. Participants will leave with these collaborative prints, and a collection of personal reference materials (proofs, transparencies, and plates) for future projects, experimentation, and editions. This is a special and unusual workshop, taught by guest teacher Meredith Miller, from Austin Tx. u

Date/Time: Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm with lunch break (12 hours)

Instructor: Meredith Miller- see bio below and website here: https://www.punchpress.net/

Cost: $350 (materials included)

Level: Open to all levels; no printmaking experience necessary

Meredith Miller is an artist, printmaker, and bookbinder with over 30 years experience teaching at universities, community arts organizations, and independent studios. She is passionate about collaborative making, and helping people build confidence through material experimentation, craftsmanship, and creative problem-solving. She holds a BFA in Printmaking and Book Art from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and lives and works in Austin, Texas, where she operates Punchpress Studio, fabricates limited edition artist’s books, and teaches relief printing, typesetting, and book and box construction.