Split Fountain: Color Gradient Letterpress Printing – New!

Split Fountain: Color Gradient Letterpress Printing – New!

Adult Intensive | This class has been canceled

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Letterpress + Book Arts

All Levels

4/7/2018 (one day)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Sat

$65.00

$58.50

$10.00

Explore split fountain letterpress printing on the Challenge Press. Create fun gradient effects with the split fountain technique by combining multiple colors on the press at one time. We’ll create gradient text on greeting cards—single words or short, inspiring messages—as well as gradient backgrounds layered with solid text on larger prints. We’ll cover basic typesetting of large wood and metal type, and printing. Plan to take home a collection of cards and prints.

  • All materials provided. A lunch break will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring a bagged lunch.
  • Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
Reszies, Heidi

Heidi Reszies is a multidisciplinary artist who holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her visual art is included in the National Museum of Women in the Arts CLARA Database of Women Artists. Heidi is currently a letterpress instructor in the VCUarts Department of Graphic Design, and is the creator/curator of Artifact Press, publisher of limited edition letterpress poetry chapbooks and broadsides. Her poetry collection titled Illusory Borders is forthcoming from The Operating System in 2019, and her collection titled Of Water & Other Soft Constructions was selected by Samiya Bashir as the winner of the Anhinga Press 2018 Robert Dana Prize for Poetry (forthcoming in 2019). Find her at heidireszies.com