Just heard about this awesome multi-printing workshop series, taught by my friend Carye.

PRINT CAMP!

A fun-filled weekend of all things print. You’ll earn buttons as you master print methods and printing equipment at the IPRC. Topics include: letterpress, Print Gocco, mimeograph, relief printing, papermaking and basic bookbinding. At the end, you’ll leave with an edition of prints, and a finished book of original art.
Open to 6 campers. No previous print experience necessary. Ages 16+
Print Camp counselors: Carye Bye and Debbie West
July 25 – 27 (Fri, 6 – 9 pm, Sat, 10 – 6 pm, Sun, Noon – 5 pm)
$135 members, $185 nonmembers, Material’s fee $20

Debbie West is a multimedia artist and creative and life coach. She makes greeting and holiday cards using letterpress and print gocco, and also works in collage and writing. She has been a member of the IPRC since 2005.

Carye Bye loves making multiple prints. She hand carves and prints wood-cut & letterpress postcard art under Red Bat Press. She also likes to go bike-camping.

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I would love to go — maybe next summer, though! I adore my Gocco and it has been quiet lately, it seems like a cool workshop would be just the thing to get it going again. Here’s my favorite set I ever printed, for a sugar-scrub how-to in CRAFT: 03:

I took bookbinding and letterpress at IPRC in 2004 and loved them — if you have this weekend free, I can’t think of a better way to spend it than crafty camp!