PRINT ON PRINTS ON PRINTS!

Sunday, August 24 (10am–5 pm)

Join e bond and Brad Vetter for day full of fun maximalism. The motto of this letterpress workshop will be ‘more is more’ as we layer prints on prints on prints. The first half of the day will be learning gelli-plate printing to create unique colorful layered background compositions. After lunch, we will jump into letterpress printing. We will give you a quick introduction to this centuries-old process and a tour of Brad Vetter’s printshop at Friend of Mine. Using a variety of letterpress printing techniques, such as expressive inking, printing antique wood type and laser cut shapes, we’ll create an abundance of fun typographic prints under e and Brad’s guidance and expertise.

This workshop includes:

• 6 full hours of experimental printing!

• hands-on introduction to letterpress & gelli-plate printing

• all materials provided

• assistance from experienced printers (workshop limited to 5 people)

• Lunch on your own, but drinks and snacks provided

*No printing/letterpress experience required, but fun for all skill levels!

**this workshop will be centered around layering type and shape and multiple printing processes. We will encourage everyone to come in with an open mind and ready to explore ideas that we present.

e bond is a designer + artist + writer + bookbinder & educator. Currently, she teaches art workshops & creates art for fabric collections by day, makes handmade books by night, hangs out with trees on weekends and writes something close to poems in the spaces between. Under the studio name roughdrAftbooks, she makes one-of-a-kind artists books, printed pieces and abstract drawings that merge and blur the boundaries of art, craft, printmaking and poetry. e holds a BFA in graphic design and art history from Moore College of Art & Design and an MFA in Creative Writing and Book Art from Mills College. Her work is held in library collections across the US and has been published in Uppercase Magazine, Berkeley Poetry Review, 500 Handmade Books, as well as numerous books (about books). You can learn more at ebondwork.com or on Instagram as @eisroughdraft.