Plantable Bookmarks! Letterpress Seed Paper Workshop

$150.00

Instructed by Elizabeth Isakson-Dado (The Aquarius House)

Saturday, July 26, 10am-4pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

Design your own bookmark, print it on our antique presses and plant it in the ground?! In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting and printing basics to create a set of 10 plantable bookmarks.

This workshop will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection of lead type, cuts, and ornaments. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our table-top platen presses.

Come prepared with an idea of what your bookmarks might say or look like. Think short and sweet, keep text within 4 words or less or about 20 letters. Students will be producing 1 color, single sided designs.

The plantable seed paper contains a blend of wildflower seeds that are native and/or non-invasive to Michigan. This workshop is an opportunity to make a set of 10 bookmarks that can be used for their original intent and be planted to grow into wildflowers. A gift that keeps on giving.

Soak up some summer sun in Signal-Return’s bright new studio space and have some fun learning the typesetting techniques or refining your letterpress skills.

Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from Porridge Paper, a hand paper mill in Lincoln, NE, around for over 30 years. Seed papers are made from 100% recycled fibers, no chemicals or additives.

Instructed by Elizabeth Isakson-Dado (The Aquarius House)

Saturday, July 26, 10am-4pm

Class Size: Maximum 8

Design your own bookmark, print it on our antique presses and plant it in the ground?! In this one-day workshop students will learn typesetting and printing basics to create a set of 10 plantable bookmarks.

This workshop will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection of lead type, cuts, and ornaments. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our table-top platen presses.

Come prepared with an idea of what your bookmarks might say or look like. Think short and sweet, keep text within 4 words or less or about 20 letters. Students will be producing 1 color, single sided designs.

The plantable seed paper contains a blend of wildflower seeds that are native and/or non-invasive to Michigan. This workshop is an opportunity to make a set of 10 bookmarks that can be used for their original intent and be planted to grow into wildflowers. A gift that keeps on giving.

Soak up some summer sun in Signal-Return’s bright new studio space and have some fun learning the typesetting techniques or refining your letterpress skills.

Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from Porridge Paper, a hand paper mill in Lincoln, NE, around for over 30 years. Seed papers are made from 100% recycled fibers, no chemicals or additives.

Elizabeth Isakson-Dado (The Aquarius House)

https://www.isaksondado.com/

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.