BE MY VALENTINE! GREETING CARD WORKSHOP
Design your own letterpress Valentine cards in this one-day workshop. Students will learn basic lead typesetting and printing techniques to create a set of twenty 4”x 6” folded cards with your custom greeting. Enjoy learning something new or refining your letterpress skills to create a special Valentine’s Day message!
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by guest instructor and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Laura Beyer is an artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. She graduated with her BFA from Albion College and her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Laura’s artwork has been collected by colleges & universities, private collections as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Her letterpress business, Hearty Greetings, uses the long tradition of print along with the modern possibilities of design to produce artisanal goods for special occasions or everyday use.
HOLIDAY CARDS WORKSHOP WITH Hearty greetings (December)
Get in the holiday spirit with this fun, one-day workshop! Students will learn letterpress typesetting techniques to design and print a set of twenty 5”x 7” folded letterpress cards with a custom greeting of your choosing.
Enjoy learning something new or refining your letterpress skills to create something special to send to everyone on your mailing list.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Laura Beyer is an artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. She graduated with her BFA from Albion College and her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Laura’s artwork has been collected by colleges & universities, private collections as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Her letterpress business, Hearty Greetings, uses the long tradition of print along with the modern possibilities of design to produce artisanal goods for special occasions or everyday use.
CHINE-COLLE PRINTMAKING WITH PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO (December)
Chine-colle is a technique, used in conjunction with printmaking processes, like linoleum carving. It results in a two-layered paper support: a tissue-thin paper, cut to the size of the printing plate, and a larger, thicker support paper below. Both the tissue and the support sheet are placed on top of the inked plate and run together through the printing press. The process creates a subtle, delicate backdrop to the printed image. Paloma will guide you in this step by step process to create colorful prints made with only one carved plate.
This is an image based linoleum carving workshop. Come prepared with ideas of what you’d like your print to look like and/or images that you plan to carve. If you have an idea involving text, keep in mind that this will need to be hand carved from the linoleum material.
Linoleum carving is a common method used by printers to create illustrations and other shape-based elements in their print projects.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructors: PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO
Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a printmaker living in Ann Arbor, Michigan; she is also a resident artist at Ypsi Alloy Studios. Paloma studied Fine Arts in Mexico at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas, and in the USA at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work is in the Henry Ford Cancer Institute Art Collection and has been published in numerous publications.
HOLIDAY CARDS WORKSHOP WITH SIGNAL-RETURN (NOVEMBER)
Get in the holiday spirit with this fun, one-day workshop! Students will learn letterpress typesetting techniques to design and print a set of twenty 5”x 7” folded letterpress cards with a custom greeting of your choosing.
Enjoy learning something new or refining your letterpress skills to create something special to send to everyone on your mailing list.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
HOLIDAY CHEERS! LETTERPRESS COASTERS WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
Make your Winter holidays extra special with your own custom letterpress drink coasters!
Learn to design with vintage movable lead type & take home a set of 20 handmade drink coasters. Come with a short phrase in mind (8 words / 60 letters or less) & peruse our collection of typefaces and ornaments for inspiration.
Students will learn letterpress basics like composing with movable type, locking up designs in a chase, and mixing ink by hand. Each person will print their own design on one of our tabletop platen presses.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
INTRO TO PAPER MARBLING WORKSHOP WITH GERALYN LANCE (November)
Signal-Return (map)
Marbling is an art that has been practiced for over a thousand years. By applying paints to a thickened liquid, you can build stunning one-of-a-kind designs that can be used in a variety of paper crafts or displays. Traditionally used on books, artists have found countless ways to incorporate marbling into various uses.
In this class you will learn about the history, techniques, materials, and tools used in this art. You will then learn the basic patterns and movements that make up all of the design possibilities. We will finish with adding different additives to paint and paper to see how marbling changes and reacts!
Participants will leave with at least 10 custom marbled paper sheets, sizes 8.5x11 and 11x17. Make a gift for a special someone, use the marbled paper for a book arts project or as a background for framed prints. The possibilities are endless!
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years. We will be using water based acrylic paints, dress appropriately!
Saturday, November 9, 10am-4pm
PRICE: $175
Class Size: Maximum 8
Geralyn Lance is an amateur bookbinder and marbling artist. Her day job as the production manager for a specialty press led her to discover her passion for the physical creation of books and their surrounding arts.
She’s based in the metro Detroit area, and grew up in west Michigan. When not working on book arts, she can be found playing with her three dogs, reading science fiction, fantasy, and romance books, gaming, and attempting to get as much glitter in to her life as possible.
PRINTING WITH WOOD TYPE - POSTER WORKSHOP WITH Hearty Greetings (October)
Print a letterpress poster with your personal mantra. In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting techniques, with a focus on wood type, to create a set of twenty 12x19 posters.
This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our printing presses.
Bring quotes, jokes, words of wisdom, or your favorite text to class to see in print. Think short and sweet. Try to keep text within 8 words or less and/or 60 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Laura Beyer is an artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. She graduated with her BFA from Albion College and her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Laura’s artwork has been collected by colleges & universities, private collections as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Her letterpress business, Hearty Greetings, uses the long tradition of print along with the modern possibilities of design to produce artisanal goods for special occasions or everyday use.
RECYCLED ART JOURNALS WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE (October)
Yes, we do teach bookbinding techniques!
In this one-day workshop students will learn bookmaking and letterpress basics to create 5 art journals from recycled prints. Using a method of overprinting on test prints, we’ll create covers for our journals S-R’s printing presses. We’ll create simple pamphlet books with stapled signatures, sewn signatures, and special folds to create pockets. Participants are encouraged to mix it up and get creative with their own style! Utilize our collection of type, plates and paper stocks to make your journal your own. Each person will walk away with 5 unique books to gift or keep. (Overprints and test prints may vary from examples in images).
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructor: Elizabeth Isakson-Dado
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
Mottos, Mantras and Movable Type - Small Poster Workshop with The Aquarius House (October)
Print a letterpress poster with your personal mantra. In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting techniques, with a focus on lead type, to create a set of twenty 8x10 poster prints. This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Bring quotes, jokes, words of wisdom, or your favorite text to class to see in print.
Think short and sweet. Try to keep text within 8 words or less and/or 60 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructor: Elizabeth Isakson-Dado
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
PRINTING WITH WOOD TYPE - POSTER WORKSHOP WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
Print a letterpress poster with your personal mantra. In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting techniques, with a focus on wood type, to create a set of twenty 12x19 posters.
This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our printing presses.
Bring quotes, jokes, words of wisdom, or your favorite text to class to see in print. Think short and sweet. Try to keep text within 8 words or less and/or 60 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
INTRO TO PAPER MARBLING WORKSHOP WITH GERALYN LANCE (SEPTEMBER)
Signal-Return (map)
Marbling is an art that has been practiced for over a thousand years. By applying paints to a thickened liquid, you can build stunning one-of-a-kind designs that can be used in a variety of paper crafts or displays. Traditionally used on books, artists have found countless ways to incorporate marbling into various uses.
In this class you will learn about the history, techniques, materials, and tools used in this art. You will then learn the basic patterns and movements that make up all of the design possibilities. We will finish with adding different additives to paint and paper to see how marbling changes and reacts!
Participants will leave with at least 10 custom marbled paper sheets, sizes 8.5x11 and 11x17. Make a gift for a special someone, use the marbled paper for a book arts project or as a background for framed prints. The possibilities are endless!
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years. We will be using water based acrylic paints, dress appropriately!
Saturday, September 7, 10am-4pm
PRICE: $175
Class Size: Maximum 8
Geralyn Lance is an amateur bookbinder and marbling artist. Her day job as the production manager for a specialty press led her to discover her passion for the physical creation of books and their surrounding arts.
She’s based in the metro Detroit area, and grew up in west Michigan. When not working on book arts, she can be found playing with her three dogs, reading science fiction, fantasy, and romance books, gaming, and attempting to get as much glitter in to her life as possible.
SCREENPRINTED JOURNALS WITH LETTERPRESS FLAIR!
Screen-printing meets Bookbinding meets Letterpress!
Join fellow Detroit printmakers Stacey Malasky and Melissa Dettloff in this action packed screen printing themed workshop.
In this one day workshop you will learn screen printing, letterpress and bookbinding techniques! Participants will make three 5”x7” notebooks with screen printed & letter pressed covers, blank interiors and pamphlet stitch binding.
Students will learn the art of over-printing with screens and squeegees to compose the covers of their journals. Next step will be to adorn the cover with letterpress phrases composed by Stacey and Melissa. Finally, the covers and the interior pages will be hand-stitched together.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $175
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructors: Melissa Dettloff and Stacey Malasky
Born and raised in Detroit, Melissa Dettloff is a teaching artist and printmaker. First introduced to printmaking as an art student at Wayne State University, she has been making screen prints for over 20 years in both studio and commercial settings. She has been teaching art and screen printing workshops for over 10 years and maintains an art practice in her home print studio in northwest Detroit.
Stacey Malasky is an illustrator, printmaker and educator in Detroit, MI. She has an undergraduate degree in graphic design from Salisbury University. She has worked as a freelance illustrator, gardening and beekeeping educator and mentor and curriculum developer. She learned printmaking through working as a studio assistant to established printmakers and started and co-owned Ocelot Print Shop, a community screen printing shop, for seven years. She currently runs her own art business selling her screen printed and relief printed fine art prints and textiles and teaches screen printing at the College for Creative Studies.
LETTERPRESS POSTCARD EXCHANGE WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
In this fun and fast paced workshop, participants will use the Signal-Return collection of lead type, cuts, and ornaments to design and print a set of 10 postcards on our table top presses. Perfect to send to friends or save for later! Each class ends with a postcard trade among the group of participants.
This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
CALLING CARDS: PRINT YOUR OWN BUSINESS CARDS WITH HEARTY GREETINGS
Signal-Return (map)
Make a fantastic first impression with your own letterpress printed calling cards! Students will learn the basics of letterpress printing including learning to set movable type, as well as inking and printing on Signal Return’s platen presses.
Students will print a set of 25, 2” x 3.5” cards. Come prepared with an idea of how you’d like your business cards to read. Bring quotes, jokes, words of wisdom, or your favorite text to print on your cards. Keep in mind these will be 1-sided prints.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
Saturday, July 27, 10am-4pm
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Laura Beyer is an artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. She graduated with her BFA from Albion College and her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Laura’s artwork has been collected by colleges & universities, private collections as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Her letterpress business, Hearty Greetings, uses the long tradition of print along with the modern possibilities of design to produce artisanal goods for special occasions or everyday use.
Type as Image: Experiments with Letterpress WITH INGRID ANKERSON
With an emphasis on play, experimentation, and embracing the unexpected, we will dive into Signal Return’s extraordinary collection of wood and metal type to create one-of-a-kind typographic prints and collages.
We’ll expand on the basics of handset type and traditional methods of printing by exploring repetition, masking, layering, color-mixing, and collage to explore the unique visual potential of typographic forms.
At the end of this two-day workshop, you’ll walk away with some new lock-up and printing techniques, a renewed appreciation for type, and a handful of unique, single edition prints.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
Saturday, July 20, 10am-4pm &
Sunday, July 21, 10am-4pm
PRICE: $275
Class Size: Maximum 8
Ingrid Ankerson is an educator, letterpress printer, maker, and graphic designer in Ypsilanti, MI. She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin and a graduate degree in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. She has worked as a web and print designer, writer, editor, and teacher since the early days of the internet. Today she is a full-time graphic design faculty member at Washtenaw Community College. She started pursing her passion for printing in 2016 after taking a letterpress workshop at Penland School of Craft.
SPLIT FOUNTAIN POSTERS WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
Learn how to make stunning letterpress posters with vintage wood type in a gradient of colors!
In this 2-day class, we will compose a hand-set text of your choosing and learn to set it up on our Vandercook flatbed presses. As well as, split fountain techniques, also known as a rainbow roll, to add a splash of color to each print. Participants will take home a set of twenty 11"x 17" posters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
2-Day Workshop:
Saturday, July 13, 10am-4pm &
Sunday, July 14, 10am-4pm
PRICE: $275
Class Size: Maximum 8
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
RECYCLED ART JOURNALS WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
Yes, we do teach bookbinding techniques!
In this one-day workshop students will learn bookmaking basics and create 5 art journals from recycled prints. Soak up some summer sun in Signal Return’s bright new studio space and have some fun learning the book arts techniques or refining your letterpress skills.
Using a method of overprinting on test prints, we’ll create covers for our books on the printing press. While the covers dry, we’ll create simple pamphlet books with stapled signatures, sewn signatures, and special folds to create pockets. Participants are encouraged to mix it up and get creative with their own style! We’ll add the covers when dry, and each person will walk away with 5 unique books to gift or keep. (Overprints and test prints may vary from examples in images).
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructor: Elizabeth Isakson-Dado
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
REDUCTION LINOLEUM CARVING WITH PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO
A reduction linoleum carving produces more than one color. In this particular relief printmaking technique, all the colors are carved from the same linoleum plate in a reductive way. The colors are printed at different stages of the carved plate. The layers of color are printed from light to dark.
This workshop offers the hands-on experience needed in order to create an edition of 5-10, 8”x 5” prints with 2-3 color layers.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper and envelopes in this workshop are from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructors: PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO
Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a printmaker living in Ann Arbor, Michigan; she is also a resident artist at Ypsi Alloy Studios. Paloma studied Fine Arts in Mexico at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas, and in the USA at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work is in the Henry Ford Cancer Institute Art Collection and has been published in numerous publications.
Mottos, Mantras and Movable Type - Small Poster Workshop with The Aquarius House
Print a letterpress poster with your personal mantra. In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting techniques, with a focus on lead type, to create a set of twenty 8x10 poster prints. This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Bring quotes, jokes, words of wisdom, or your favorite text to class to see in print.
Think short and sweet. Try to keep text within 8 words or less and/or 60 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructor: Elizabeth Isakson-Dado
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
CHINE-COLLE PRINTMAKING WITH PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO
Chine-colle is a technique, used in conjunction with printmaking processes, like linoleum carving. It results in a two-layered paper support: a tissue-thin paper, cut to the size of the printing plate, and a larger, thicker support paper below. Both the tissue and the support sheet are placed on top of the inked plate and run together through the printing press. The process creates a subtle, delicate backdrop to the printed image. Paloma will guide you in this step by step process to create colorful prints made with only one carved plate.
This is an image based linoleum carving workshop. Come prepared with ideas of what you’d like your print to look like and/or images that you plan to carve. If you have an idea involving text, keep in mind that this will need to be hand carved from the linoleum material.
Linoleum carving is a common method used by printers to create illustrations and other shape-based elements in their print projects.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Instructors: PALOMA NÚÑEZ-REGUEIRO
Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a printmaker living in Ann Arbor, Michigan; she is also a resident artist at Ypsi Alloy Studios. Paloma studied Fine Arts in Mexico at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas, and in the USA at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work is in the Henry Ford Cancer Institute Art Collection and has been published in numerous publications.
LETTERPRESS POSTCARD EXCHANGE WITH THE AQUARIUS HOUSE
In this fun and fast paced workshop, participants will use the Signal-Return collection of lead type, cuts, and ornaments to design and print a set of 10 postcards on our table top presses. Perfect to send to friends or save for later! Each class ends with a postcard trade among the group of participants.
This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
PRICE: $150
Class Size: Maximum 8
Elizabeth Isakson-Dado is an artist, educator, and curator. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, and an MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Liz has exhibited widely in the US and has work in institutional collections including the Poetry Foundation, the Center for Book and Paper Art, and Art in Print Magazine. For the past 10 years, she has taught university classes and community workshops in letterpress printing. Liz also sells her own prints through her Instagram, @theaquariushouse, to raise money for social justice campaigns. She lives and works in Berkley, Michigan.
MOTHER’S DAY CARDS - LINOLEUM CARVING WORKSHOP
This linocut printmaking workshop is intended for people with little to no previous experience in printmaking. This workshop covers an in-depth explanation of image transfer, printmaking papers, carving tools, registration, inking, and printing by hand and with small personal presses. It offers the hands-on experience needed to create an edition of your design.
PRINTING WITH WOOD TYPE - POSTER WORKSHOP WITH LAURA BEYER
Print a letterpress poster with your personal mantra. In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting techniques, with a focus on wood type, to create a set of twenty 12x19 posters. This class will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our printing presses.
Cancellation policy
Workshops may be cancelled for a full refund with 24 hours or more notice. Cancellation within 24 hours of the workshop results in forfeiture of any fees paid. Custom events must be cancelled 1 week in advance for a full refund. Less than a week’s notice results in forfeiture of any fees paid.