Printing Wood Engraving Blocks

Printing Wood Engraving Blocks

Sept 26

Saturday10 - 4 with hour break 

$85 per person

Instructor: Mirka Hokkanen

In-Studio Class 

Printing woodengravings can be a challenge. In this class we'll discuss the ins and outs of printing a block: from ink, to rolling up your block, to make-ready and paper preparation. You'll have the opportunity to pick the kind of a press you want to use for printing between the etching, clamshell and letterpresses and then work in pairs to get hands on time on printing and troubleshooting your blocks. 

Work with your previously created engraving blocks to learn printing techniques. This class is aimed at people who have taken wood engraving with MIrka in the past and would like to practice and have more indepth knowledge about printing the blocks. 

10-11 am - Instruction 

11-11:30am - Prepare paper & ink

11;30-12:30pm - Lunch

12.30am-2pm - Printing in pairs. Work with team member #1’s block.

2-3.30pm - Printing in pairs. Work with team member #2’s block. 

3.30-4pm - Printing station clean up time

Supplies needed by participants:

This class does have a pre-request of bringing your own previously engraved wood block (engraved not carved woodblock) If you have not taken Mirka’s class in the past and have a wood engraved block that you would like to use, please contact us so we can determine if this class will be a good fit for the block you would like to print.

Note

We set our pricing to pay our instructors a fair wage and cover materials, but one of FBAC’s goals is to give access to the experience of all things bookbinding and printing to anyone who is interested. If you or someone you know would like to participate in a class but do not have the funding please reach out to us at contact@frederickbookarts.org.