Schedule: Jan 23, 2020:
10am - 1pm (PT); 11am - 2pm (MT); 12pm - 3pm (CT); 1pm - 4pm (ET) each day
This three-hour online class features discussion and demonstrations of a variety of printmaking techniques using a craft die-cutting machine. Also called Craft Presses, some adventurous printmakers have discovered that these roller presses originally designed for craft embossing and die-cutting offer a small, inexpensive and portable alternative to big expensive etching and printing presses.
Common brands of Craft Presses include We R Memory Keepers Evolution Adjustable Die-Cutting and Embossing Machine, Bira Adjustable Cutting and Embossing Machine, Sizzix Big Shot and Big Shot Pro, QuicKutz Epic Six Tabletop Die Cutting & Embossing Machine, Fiskars Fuse Creativity Die Cut Machine and more.
Location/Venue: Online with BookArts LA
For more info & pictures: https://bookartsla.org/collections/all/products/3009-print-at-home-craft-press-printmaking-jan-23-with-rebecca-chamlee
Cost/Fee: $85
Material/Studio fee:
Their workshop calendar: https://bookartsla.org/collections/all
Instructor and bio: Rebecca Chamlee is a writer, printer and book binder who has published letterpress printed, hand bound limited-edition fine press and artist’s books under the imprint of Pie In The Sky Press since 1986. Her award-winning work is in prominent special and private collections throughout the U.S. and has been exhibited widely.
Rebecca is an associate professor at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles where she teaches bookbinding, letterpress printing and artists’ book classes and heads the Book Arts Minor program. She also holds workshops at her studio and book arts centers throughout the country.