Letterpress Mini-workshops

@ Citizen Vinyl

Set your own text and print your personalized posters and cards! In this 2-hour workshop, I'll teach you how to set wood and/or metal type, lock it up in a chase, and print it yourself on a vintage Chandler & Price press.

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You can choose your own words, from a single word up to 15 for one person, and up to 30 for 2 people working together. This is your chance to print your favorite lines from a poem, lyrics from a favorite song, or customize postcards or greeting cards for your family! Print on blank paper or choose from a selection of pre-printed backgrounds Each person goes home with 5 personalized prints.

Please sign up for a workshop here.

You can also purchase a Workshop Gift Card for someone else here!

Letterpress: Books and Broadsides at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC

Get to know the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting to print your own books and broadsides. Learn to set hot lead and wood type, print large broadsides and small books, and to use vintage printing presses. Add images with carved linoleum blocks, then finish the week by binding the small prints together into a book. All levels welcome.

Make A Crankie at Atlanta Printmakers Studio (registration link coming soon)

Crankies are illustrated scrolls contained in boxes on dowels with attached handles. These scrolls are “hand cranked” to create a moving panorama, inviting the viewer to experience the images like watching a movie. These historic storytelling devices were often used as full-immersion experiences, filling an entire room with images of far-away lands to create the feeling of going on a journey.

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In this workshop, we’ll make smaller “personal” crankies that tells your story through relief prints. Each student will carve a block, then we’ll collaborate to print them together on a single long scroll. The scrolls will then be attached to crankie mechanisms in wooden boxes, and then we’ll have a show!

"Press On" exhibit with the Asheville Printmakers, at the Bascom Center for the Visual Arts:

Asheville Printmakers is an independent alliance of artists who express themselves through the medium of the print. Its membership encompasses both experienced and emerging artists, as well as those new to printmaking. The participants define “the print” broadly to encompass a wide range of processes and content, from traditional to experimental, and classic to contemporary.

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A free public reception will be held July 11 at 5pm.

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Image credit:  Martha Ensign Johnson

Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands:

Hosted in downtown Asheville at Harrah’s Cherokee Center, artisans will fill both the concourse and arena levels of the venue, exhibiting a variety of craft ranging from contemporary to traditional in works of clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry. Join us for this unique shopping experience and enjoy live music and craft demonstrations during your visit. $12 tickets are available for individual days, at the door, and online (coming soon). Children under 12 are free.

Upcoming workshops in 2025:

January 19-24: Printed Crankies at John C. Campbell Folk School (JCCFS)

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February 9-14: Letterpress and the Printed Book at JCCFS

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May 15-18: Letterpress Cards and Stationery at JCCFS

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July 11-13: Gelatin Prints & Drum Leaf at JCCFS