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Letterpress workshops @theArm

Dan’s running several workshops at the Arm over the next month or so.

LETTERPRESS ON THE VANDERCOOK PRESS

DATES: Sunday June 29th OR Sunday July 27th
DESCRIPTION: In this one day workshop you will learn the basic principles of letterpress printing on the Vandercook proof press. We will go over the parts of the press and how it operates and how to print from metal type, wood type, photopolymer plates and hand cut linoleum and wood.
This one day class will prepare you to use the presses in our studio needing only occasional guidance from the studio personnel.

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PRINTING POETRY: A Workshop for Poets and Visual Artists at The Arm Letterpress Studio

DATES: Saturday July 12th AND Saturday July 19th
DESCRIPTION: In this two day letterpress workshop designed especially for poets and visual artists, you will learn how to print a broadside/poster in two colors by combining images and text. No previous letterpress experience necessary. All supplies are provided.

The Arm’s public studio is now open by appointment even late and on the weekends. Press rental for any of The Arm’s Vandercooks or C&P Pilot presses is $15 per hour and one-on-one teaching on any of the presses is available for $45 per hour. Please email if you have any questions.

Have a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearm/ for images of the studio, past workshops and events.

More info on the Arm’s site

Maya Hayuk's wall mural at The Arm

The Arm NYC

The Arm NYC is an artist run space at 281 North 7th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The space consists of a gallery/performance space, a public access letterpress studio and a smaller separate print studio for artists in residence.

The Arm has hosted events for The Max Levine Ensemble, Ingrid, Sharon Cheslow, Totally Michael, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Greg Henderson, Conrad Carlson, Sadu, JPL 907, Ghost Mice, Evan Greer, Brook Pridemore, Griffin & The True Believers, Dark Dark Dark, Tiny Masters Of Today, Ben Frost, Penny Rimbaud (Crass), Necking, Matthias Wermke, Love Is All, Dead Combo, Free Blood, Wowch, Japanther, Puppet Kabob, Texta Queen, XXXChange, Velasco, High Places, Benji Cossa and Joshua Ploeg.

The Arm’s public access letterpress studio hosts printing workshops and rents press time to artists and designers interested in printing in letterpress. This space has five Vandercook proof presses and two Chandler and Price Pilot presses. The artist in residence studio at The Arm has two Vandercook Universal III presses, a Chandler & Price Old Series 8×12 platen press, and an antique Challenge paper guillotine. This space also houses The Arm’s collection of twentieth century metal and wood type.

The Arm NYC exists to support a DIY community and provide a venue for creation, inspiration and positive socialization.

Hand Made Book Binding Workshop Re-Cap

Here are some photos from yesterday’s book binding workshop at the Arm with Alex Brooks. I learned a bunch of new tricks, met some good folks and got to spend a day sitting in the sun and hanging out with Henry.

More after the jump

Binding For Hand Made Books & Zines

Dan has scheduled another workshop at the Arm. The Saturday after this coming Saturday (Saturday, February 16, 2008), Louisville’s Alex Brooks will lead a book binding workshop from 11 AM to 5 PM. I am jazzed and am gonna be attending.

In this day-long class at The Arm you will learn to print & bind your own hand-made books and zines. We’ll cover basic bookbinding tools and techniques, as well as layout and design. We’ll pay particular attention to non-adhesive binding structures and explore how binding and letterpress can work together.

This workshop aims to provide you with techniques you can use to bind your own books at home with the most basic binding supplies.

No previous knowledge is necessary and we’ll build on any skills or experience you bring along.

This workshop will be led by Alex Brooks of Press 817 (Louisville, KY). Alex has recently curated a traveling show of work by young letterpress printers from across the globe.

Get in touch with Dan to sign yourself up.

Vandercook SP15 #21593

With Dan Morris’ invaluable help, I moved a new press (the last for a while I imagine) into the studio yesterday. It’s a Vandercook SP15. It’s serial number, #21593, puts it near the beginning of the production run for SP15s (starting at 21500 in 1961).

It came from the Arm where Dan nursed it into shape and put it to good use in workshops and printing editions.

More after the jump

The Arm Vandercook Workshop

Just got an email from Dan@the Arm NYC

Beginning Letterpress on the Vandercook Proof Press – Sunday Jan. 27th

In this workshop you will learn the basic principles of printing on the Vandercook cylinder proof press. You will learn the parts of the press, how it operates, how to lock up a form from wood and metal type or photopolymer plates and how to make a print. Oh, and to clean up the press after you’re done!

The work produced in this class will be a collaborative effort, but this one day class should prepare you to return to use the studio as a self-sufficient printer needing only occasional (and free) guidance from the studio hand. This one day workshop will be held on Sunday January 27th from 11AM-5PM. This workshop will be limited to six people each so please make your booking as early as possible to ensure your place.

If you want to sign up, holler at Dan.

He adds:

The public studio at The Arm is now open by appointment days, evenings and on the weekends. Press rental for any of our Vandercooks or C&P Pilot presses is $15 per hour and one-on-one teaching on any of the presses is available for $35 per hour. We are located at 281 North 7th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn just a couple of blocks from the Bedford L train stop. Let us know if you’d like to come by to see the studio or talk about printing.

The Arm is also hosting an opening tomorrow night for Judge and G Kelly with music by Son Wyatt in support of American Handscape.