Add a softer edge to your prints as we experiment with pressure printing on the Cylinder Press. We’ll use an assortment of collage material to create atmospheric pressure prints, and we’ll play around with paper cutouts to create more photorealistic images.

In this class we’ll experiment with paper, thread, glue, and a variety of other materials to create collage-inspired prints. Bring a photocopy of a photo and we’ll use it as a base for a paper cutout that will create photographic prints.

Pressure printing’s ethereal quality works wonderfully with text and other letterpress imagemaking techniques—and it gives you a wide range of values with one run on the press. Increase your letterpress vocabulary with this simple and endlessly variable technique. Students will leave the course with a set of prints, new skills, and ideas that they can use in future printing projects.

Materials to bring: 

• x-acto blade for paper cutouts
• flat, non-abrasive materials or brushes to use as experimental tools in monoprinting
• flat, non-abrasive materials to use as experimental collage tools for pressure printing
• printouts of photos for pressure printing

Workshop + Materials Fee: $65.00