Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place with CBA on March 13, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
- Wednesday, March 13, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 6th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
Required Materials:
- Plexiglass, ideally larger than print size (glass or similar would also work)
- Paper, smooth and text-weight are best but most papers work well
- Block-printing ink/letterpress ink
- Brayer
- Ink knife
- Tracing paper
- Tape, preferably blue artist’s tape/painter’s tape
- Images or drawings to trace (optional)
- Textures and stamps, (optional)
- Ink cleaner, some inks clean up with regular soap and water, most oil-based and rubber-based inks clean up with oils (baby oil, crisco, vegetable oil, etc.)
- Paper towels and gloves for cleanup
About Beth Sheehan
Elizabeth (Beth) Sheehan is a printmaker, papermaking, and book artist living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her work investigates ideas of memory and perception to explore her own lack of episodic memory. Sheehan’s work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Center for Book Arts, and the San Francisco Public Library. She has worked as a professional printer at Durham Press in Pennsylvania and at Harlan and Weaver in New York. She was also the Lead Binder and Bindery Manager at Small Editions in Brooklyn and teaches paper, print, and book workshops around the country.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. The amount you choose to pay goes directly toward our instructors and toward creating scholarship opportunities for the future. Virtual workshops at Center for Book Arts will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.