Introduction to Letterpress

Exhibition Instagram letterpress.jpg
Exhibition Instagram letterpress.jpg

Introduction to Letterpress

$139.00

$103 with a Guttenberg Arts Membership

This 1 day workshop is an introduction to Letterpress on a Vandercook Press.

Instructor: Amanda Thackray
Max students-4

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Students will learn how to create a letterpress postcard and using a vandercook press and a variety of type. General printmaking experience can be helpful, but is not necessary.  

Saturday, July 20th 2024

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Ages 16+

$139.00 per person

Amanda Thackray is a multidisciplinary ecofeminist artist-educator, based in Newark, NJ, who collaborates with biologists, ethnographers, natural/found fibers, and site-specific water, to create tableaus that inspire environmentally-centered conversations. Thackray’s projects have been exhibited at diverse galleries and museums locally and nationally, including The Newark Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Montclair Art Museum, The NARS Foundation, and The Knockdown Center.