4200. Pressure Print Workshop
Workshop - Printmaking | Available
Participants will create a low-relief collage on a sheet of paper. They will then print from their collages by placing a sheet of paper over the collage and running both through the press.
The final prints are subtle impressions of the collages. Students will also print from found materials such as laces, pressed leaves, and other low-relief surfaces.
At the end of the class each participant will have created a suite of beautiful prints while learning about letterpress printing.
Supplies provided.
Mary Beth Boone
Mary Beth Boone is a book artist and letterpress printer living in Greensboro, NC. She began making books about thirty years ago. Recent exhibits include Re(f)use at Artspace in Raleigh, NC and It’s Alive!: Frankenstein, 200 Years at Asheville BookWorks in Asheville, NC; both in 2018; and Winter Show at the GreenHill Center for NC Art in Greensboro, NC in 2020. Her work was included in 1000 Artists’ Books and 500 Handmade Books, volume 2. A Winter Residency at the Penland School of Crafts in 2012 inspired her to locate and purchase a Vandercook SP 15. She prints under the imprint Purple Pumpkin Press. Her work is in private and public collections. Mary Beth holds a MFA from the University of SC, Columbia.