SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS

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For questions about a specific workshop, please email or call us: ipm@printmuseum.org or 310-515-7166

INTRO TO SCREEN PRINTING

SATURDAYS: MAY 4 or JUNE 8 or JULY 13: 10 AM to 5 PM

with Glenn Laird

This all-day workshop includes a fast-paced introduction to a variety of techniques used in screen printing to produce items with finishes and textures that can't be replicated by any other method. Explore everything from hand-cut stencils using paper or mylar to photographic emulsions that create very fine details. Learn what to buy and where to purchase different kinds of supplies. You'll get to create individual posters using water-based inks and t-shirts with oil-based inks. We have equipment that ranges from simple, homemade to commercial-quality machines, so you can try different options to see which fits your style. This is a small class to ensure that you will have a fantastic experience with tons of tips and tricks provided by instructor, Glenn Laird, who has more than 50 years of screen printing experience. No experience required and beginners are welcome! $135

BOOK STRUCTURES: Simply Sewn Books

THURSDAY, MAY 9: 6:30 to 9:30 PM

with Jennifer Graves

We're sewing slim books! In this class, you'll learn various stitches and binding for making beautiful homemade books. No previous sewing experience necessary. $100

LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINT MAKING

SATURDAY, JUNE 1: 10 AM to 4 PM

with Wendy Emery & Lorna Turner

Join us for this special hands-on workshop focusing on linoleum block printing! Participants will learn how to how create and transfer your design onto a linoleum block, as well as the basic carving techniques that allow you to bring your vision to life. After the lunch break (approx 1-2pm), you will also experience the satisfaction of inking your block and printing with it on the museum's presses. You'll be able to keep and re-use your hand carved linoleum block for future projects, like cards, wall art, and more. Come join us for a day of creativity, exploration, and artistic expression. All materials provided. All levels welcome! $150

INTRO TO BOOKBINDING: Five Structures SUNDAYS: JUNE 2 or AUG 25: NOON to 4 PM with Lorna Turner

Explore various approaches to book structures in this hands-on workshop! Learn the fundamental basics and mechanical knowledge necessary to create simple, soft-cover blank books based on folding, gluing, and stitching techniques. All materials provided. All levels welcome! $100

TYPE SLAM! SATURDAYS: JUNE 15 or AUG 24: NOON to 4 PM with Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Join us for half-day Letterpress Woodtype Type Slam! participants will learn a bit of letterpress history, how to compose a message in wood type and lock it into a form, and how to ink and print on a press -- all while creating their own poster celebrating mothers (May 11), fathers (June 15), and summertime (August 24). The four hours will be packed with lots of fun as Lorna & Janet share their love and knowledge of letterpress. At the end of each workshop, there will be a print exchange to share the fabulous creations. Everyone will take home a portfolio of prints. These workshops are hands-on and very active. Bring your mom, dad, or someone who serves as a mother or father figure to you -- and make something together. All materials provided. All levels welcome! $120

TYPE AS IMAGE

Friday, June 21: 6 PM to 10 PM

with Janet Kupchick & Lorna Turner

Create Images & Creatures from Type! We’ll celebrate the longest day of the year by dedicating ourselves to a sense of play and exploration with wood letterforms as our elemental palette. Using familiar shapes of letterforms to create designs, patterns and characters is the goal of this workshop while maintaining focus on proper printing technique and principles of design (scale, repetition, white space, canvas area etc). Words might become an expression of their own meaning, but don’t they need not be limited by that. This will be a fun evening class to celebrate printing and perhaps to even be inspired by the elusive printer’s devil! Once our designs are set up, we’ll get busy printing to create a folio of posters to be exchanged with all of your classmates at the end of class. All levels welcome! $120

EXPERIMENTAL PRESSURE PRINTING

SATURDAY, JULY 20: NOON to 4 PM with Lorna Turner & Janet Kupchick

Come join the fun of a creative, experimental printing process! Pressure printing is an image making method where a backing sheet is positioned behind the sheet receiving the image, then rolled over and inked, type high surface. The image is created by a combination of varying backing sheet pressures impressing into the paper. A number of patterns and textures can be achieved via experimentation with materials of minimal thickness like lace, tape, cut or torn paper, and fabric among others. At the end of the class there will be a print exchange. This workshop is hands-on and very active. All materials provided. All levels welcome! $120