Over 40 exhibitors of book arts, prints and specialty tools + supplies
Exhibitions and Raffle
Preview Party Friday Nov. 16
Speakers and Demonstrations
What’s New in Book Arts
Contemporary Prints

To all the artists, attendees, board members, curators, demonstrators, exhibitors, judges, speakers, sponsors, staff, steering committee and volunteers who came together to make this year’s event a huge success: thank you!

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And Good Night

Uncategorized by Tia Blassingame on November 19, 2012

From talks to demonstrations, surrounding events like the various exhibitions and mobile press demonstrations to simply talking with artists about their work and techniques, the fair covered a lot of ground. The diversity of book arts was on display, and embodied through vastly different processes, materials, themes, and styles. For some attendees, this weekend was their…

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Featured Exhibitors

Washington Printmakers Gallery

Located above Pyramid Atlantic, WPG is the DC area’s primary source for fine art prints, with a membership of local and national printmakers. —Silver Spring, MD

Pyramid Atlantic Letterpress

Workshops, open studios and rentals on 2 Vandercook presses, a Chandler + Price Pilot platen and over 80 cases of foundry and wood type. The popular Letterpress Calendar will be available. —Silver Spring, MD

Marina Terauds

Intaglio printmaking inspired by nature, myth, legends and fairy tales. —North Branch, MI

Featured Demonstrations

From Photoshop to Stone

Pyramid Atlantic Resident Artist Ben Ilka will show the photocopy transfer method and the manipulation of the image post transfer. He will cover basic stone lithography techniques and the printing process, illustrating the unique image qualities. — Sun. 3:00-3:45 pm

Reductive Blend Roll Letterpress

Former Pyramid Atlantic Resident Artist Lee Marchalonis will print a a multiple-run reductive image on the Vandercook letterpress using on-press blended inking. This technique allows for complex interactions between printing runs and opportunities for color mixing on the palette and press. — Sun. 1:00-1:45 pm

Screenprinting with Natural Dyes

Denise Bookwalter will mix up screenprinting inks from natural dyes: including preparing the dyestuffs and thickening the consistency, followed by a printing demonstration. The variety of plant and animal based materials for making screenprinting ink for fabric and paper will be covered. — Sun. 1:00-1:45 pm

Featured Speakers

Mary Mashburn and David Shields

Mary and David will share their experience working with Globe Poster Collection at MICA and the Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection at UT at Austin, as well as the ideas surrounding letterpress in the modern age. — Sat. 9:30-10:00 am

Libby Clarke

Here and Now: A Movement in the Making • Libby Clarke details her efforts to save the world one person at a time by describing her latest endeavor. This project involves stickers, a website, and a phone app working in concert to help the user develop a habit of present-mindedness.—Sat. 10:15-10:45 am

Kimberly Rattley

PANEL DISCUSSION MODERATOR. Kimberly is president of Creative Synergy Solutions, which develops effective workplace relationships through the dramatic arts. An original founder of DC Playback, she received the Bill and Camille Cosby Fellowship to explore the impact of Playback in African American identity. Ms. Rattley is a board member of Pyramid Atlantic. — Sat. 11:00-11:45 am

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Pyramid Atlantic / WPG

Fair Venue: Civic Building

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