Lino block printing class
Some gorgeous student prints from this week’s class.
Levigator Press
News
Letterpress cards class
Here are a few finished cards from this week’s class.
Today in the studio
Here’s a first proof of a little linocut we’ve been working on this week:
Lino block printing class, week 1
Here’s a student print in progress from tonight’s class. We’ll have the final prints to show you next week!
Letterpress cards class, week 1
A few images from tonight’s class. More next week when all the printing is done!
Indigo Bunting colouring poster
We printed up some copies of our new Indigo Bunting colouring poster during our studio tour printing demos. This is the first print in our series of Point Pelee birds.
These 12″ by 19″ original screenprinted posters are now available in our shop or online through the Levigator Press Etsy shop.
Here is our shop sample all coloured in:
Studio tour
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us during the Windsor Essex Open Studio Tour! We had a blast and met some great new people.
Our new pottery line, in collaboration with The Pottery Cupboard, got great reviews. Here are the finished prototype pieces:
During the tour we also played with tile designs, drawing images in clay slabs with the etching needle and then pressing letters using letterpress type. We’re thinking of offering a tile making class in January if anyone’s interested!
Nicole (of Mercantile 519) worked on some knit patterned slump bowls:
We also did screenprint and block print demos. Here are some of the things we printed:
Windsor Essex Open Studio Tour!
This weekend we’re inviting Dayna Wagner of The Pottery Cupboard and Nicole Drouillard of Mercantile 519 to join us in the studio as part of the Windsor Essex Open Studio Tour. From 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, we’ll be doing nonstop demos in pottery, printmaking, and knitting, with loads of fun stuff planned. If you’re in the neighbourhood, drop in and check us out! It’s worth taking in the whole tour, which encompasses Windsor, Belle River, Amherstburg, and LaSalle.
We’ll also be debuting the first pieces in two new lines of pottery the three of us are working on together, and making more pieces right on site. Here’s a little preview of the cups I was drawing on a few weeks ago, fresh out of the kiln:
New letterpress type
We’ve been very grateful this week for the generosity of the friends of Levigator Press. We’ve had people bringing us paper, bookbinding materials, candy, their old phone books (print studio essentials!), a lovely pair of antique irons to use for bookbinding weights (thanks, Bev!). And tonight we drove out to the county to pick up a little cabinet of type from a barn, courtesy of our friend Julka. It’s left over from a Serbian language newspaper that used to be produced in the Ford City neighbourhood. We’ve barely had time to peek into the drawers yet, but we’re going to get a lot of good use out of this!
ATC session at Levigator Press
Last night we hosted an Artist Trading Card session as part of Ontario Culture Days. We had a mix of die-hard ATCers and adorable children, and it was a lot of fun!
