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Block Printing Basics: Relief Printing
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- Learn about different substrates for carving and printing images such as linoleum, wood block
- blocks, plastic erasers, styrofoam, styro-foam
- cardboard and cardboard
- others.
- Learn about the various cutting tools available for carving at home or at the Makerspace.
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Activities
- Learn about different inks available for printing. In the class, we will be printing with water-based inks. Carve and print a small plastic block using lino-cutters.
- Cut a foam-core registration plate for accurate printing. (registration technique). Perfect for handmade postcards, notecards, scrapbooking and fabric printing.
- This is a great class for anyone who is new to printmaking or is an experienced printmaker - and everyone in-between!
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Letterpress Basics
Topics Covered:
- Different substrates for carving and printing images such as linoleum, wood block, plastic erasers, styro-foam and cardboard.
- various cutting tools available for carving at home or at the Makerspace.
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Activities
This class is a hands-on class with demonstrations when applicable.
- Learn safety, how to use the letterpress equipment
- How to create a simple letterpress lockup form
- What materials are used to create the lockup form
- How to insert the lockup form into the letterpress
- How to ink the press up and print a personal initial card
Activities
During the hands-on portion, you will learn by participating in the handling of the tools to create a letterpress lockup form.
Each student will create small cards with their initials printed on them using the letterpress.
All attendees will examine a letterpress lockup form, inspect each component necessary to create a lockup form, and print a personalized card with wood type initials.
The completed project will be a printed card the student can take home with them
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Intermediate Classes
T-shirts and totes
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Activities
Learn the basics of plastisol ink screen printing on a T-shirt and Tote bag.
Learn how to pull a print, and make a T-shirt and tote bag with the DMS logo. This class clears you for single color printing on the multi screen presses.
Students will
- +Review the tools and supplies needed and avail at the Maker Space
- +how to clean a screen & tools
- +mediate screen problems
- +prep the ink, thinning if necessary
- +apply ink
- +use the heat flash
- +clean up
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Making Screens from scratch
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