COVERS & ORIGINALS, SOLOS & DUETS

A workshop at the Cannon Beach Arts Association gallery offered in conjunction with the May 2012 invitational altered books exhibition. This is a three hour introduction to using books as medium and/or subject in art, incorporating disciplines from conceptual writing to collage to sculpture. During the second half of the workshop we will learn a few basic techniques including carving niches and tipping-in pages. A collection of cast-off books will provided for you to choose from.

RSVP: 503-436-0744, or just show up!
Wednesday, February 1st from 1pm – 4 pm.
CBAA Gallery. 1064 S. Hemlock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.
$15

The shop is looking great (some “new” work tables! more organized type & spacing!) and we are pleased to offer two workshops in February. Email Sarah a.s.a.p. to reserve your space.

LETTERPRESS FUNDAMENTALS
Sunday, February 5th 2012
11am – 5pm with break for lunch
$65 (includes all materials)

In this workshop we will collaboratively print a poster on the Vandercook no. 2 galley proof press, learning typesetting, hand inking technique, & shop procedure in the process, plus a little typography & color theory. Participants will take home their own print or two and thereafter be qualified to use the proof press– perfect for printing linoleum and wood image blocks as well as moveable type– during supervised open studio hours.

INTERMEDIATE LETTERPRESS
Saturday, February 11th 2012
10 am – 5pm with break for lunch
$80 (incudes all materials)

This class is for those who have taken Letterpress Fundamentals (or ANY workshop from me in the past) and would like to learn to operate the Chandler and Price platen job press (or refresh their muscle memory). By designing and printing a postcard together, participants will advance their typesetting skills, learn to lock up the form, pack & ink the press, & troubleshoot until achieving ideal registration and impression. Participants will go home with an edition of at least 20 beautiful postcards and will thereafter be qualified to use the job press for their own projects during supervised open studio hours.

both taught by Sarah Archer, director of Manzanita People’s Print: accidentalpress at gmail.com

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Starlight’s prints from our November 3rd Fundamentals workshop. Sozei requoted from the stunning book Plainwater by Anne Carson.

I already have two lovely registrants and I will accept two more. the description is the same, as this model seems to work really well for introducing People to People’s (such a weird word) print shop. also I’m getting better at teaching it every time! with fancier handouts! so here ’tis again:

LETTERPRESS FUNDAMENTALS. THURSDAY, November 3rd. 11am -5pm $60
In this workshop we will collaboratively print a poster on the Vandercook no. 2 proof press, learning typesetting, hand inking technique, & shop procedure in the process. plus a little typography & color theory. Participants will thereafter be qualified to use the proof press– perfect for printing linoleum and wood image blocks as well as type– during supervised open studio hours. contact Sarah: accidentalpress at gmail.com to register. cost is $60.

for Harlowe and the Great North Woods from Portland, OR with Nehalem’s Bunny Frost:

and for his own band, The Cedar Shakes, with The Black of Austin Texas:

ashby collinson

Lucky Dragons

The August 18th Letterpress Fundamentals workshop was a blast! Thanks to Peter, Gambele, Ryan and Anthony for participating. I’ve added another section of this class for September, keeping it to four people only~ we have a small space and I want to make sure everyone gets plenty of hands-on experience. only two spots left! Comment below to register. Or send me (Sarah) an email: accidentalpress at gmail.com.

here’s the facts:

LETTERPRESS FUNDAMENTALS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd. 11am -4pm, $60

By designing and printing a poster together, participants in this class will learn typesetting of both metal and wood moveable type, hand inking technique, shop procedure, and operation of the Vandercook no. 2 galley proof press (& the badass 26″ Chandler and Price lever paper cutter!). We will also cover basic typography, some printing history. & a little color theory. Participants will thereafter be qualified to use the proof press– perfect for printing linoleum and wood image blocks as well as type– during supervised open studio hours.

LETTERPRESS FUNDAMENTALS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18  11am -4pm, $60

By designing and printing a poster together, participants in this class will learn typesetting of both metal and wood moveable type, hand inking technique, shop procedure, and operation of the Vandercook no. 2 galley proof press (& the badass 26″ Chandler and Price lever paper cutter!).  We will also cover basic typography, some printing history. & a little color theory.  Participants will thereafter be qualified to use the proof press– perfect for printing linoleum and wood image blocks as well as type– during supervised open studio hours.

INTERMEDIATE LETTERPRESS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th  10am -4pm, $80
This class is for those who have taken Letterpress Fundamentals (or ANY workshop from me in the past) and would like to learn to operate the Chandler and Price platen job press (or refresh their muscle memory).  By designing and printing a postcard together, participants will advance their typesetting skills and learn to lock up the form, pack & ink the press, & troubleshoot until achieving ideal registration and impression.  Participants will go home with an edition of at least 20 beautiful postcards and will thereafter be qualified to use the job press for their own projects during supervised open studio hours.

The instructor for both is Sarah Archer, a writer and artist who has taught letterpress and book arts at People’s Print, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Evergreen State College. please contact her to register and/or ask any questions you might have: accidentalpress at gmail.com.

We are lucky enough to have the MOVEABLE TYPE project make a stop at the Little Apple by the sea on Friday. Come try your hand at printing and be a part of the unlikely road trip being undertaken by Kyle Durrie of Power and Light Press.

in her own words:

“I’ve converted a 1982 Chevy step van into a fully functional letterpress print shop. I’ve outfitted the back of the truck with built-in cabinets and workspace, a sign press from the mid 20th century, and an 1873 Golding Official No. 3 tabletop platen press. I’ll spend the next nine or so months driving all over North America, teaching workshops, doing demos, and generally spreading the good word about printing the old fashioned way.”

the Manzanita Farmer’s Market located at 467 Laneda Avenue, in the Windermere parking lot.

People’s Print just acquired a VANDERCOOK no. 2 GALLEY PROOF PRESS. Thanks to Brien and Hank for their moving brains & brawn, Manzanita Lumber for loaning us their forklift, Keegan Meegan & Co for selling it to us, and Martha Chiplis for alerting us to the ad on Briar Press in the first place. this press is going to make our fledgeling shop more accessible, versatile, and creative. more on that soon..

maneuvering the beast into Hank’s tundra on the Portland side

brien just had to remove a bit of the door frame, no one gets hurt

almost there!

FAINT IN THE PATH 3/10/10

Don Cherry: Relativity Suite, Tenor Saw: Golden Hen, The Temptations: I wish it would rain, Kate Wolf: The Trumpet Vine, Sally Go Round The Roses, I wish it would rain, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian: For A Free Portugal, Forro in the Dark: Nonsensical, Junior Kimbrough: Meet Me In The City, The Be Good Tanyas: When Doves Cry, The Kinks: I’m On An Island, The Trumpet Vine, Sally Go Round the Roses, The Vacant Architecture Of A Blossoming World, Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me, Aha vs. Jungle Brothers: Take On Me Brotha, For A Free Portugal, John Lennon: Oh Yoko, The Trumpet Vine, Bugle: Supremacy (The Journey), Eek a Mouse: Who cork the dance?, Bob Marley: Sinnerman, For A Free Portugal.

KINDNESS 3/3/10

Pauline Oliveros (from Two Meditations on Transition and Change): The Beauty of Sorrow, Nettle & Leafcutter John: The Ballad of Jimmy Hollin is More Awkward Than That. Unknown Artist: Little glass of wine, Polar Bear: Beartown, Inxs: I need you tonight, Riddlore: Holding Post, Arrington in the car, Charles Mingus: Hora Decubitus, Oren Ambarchi and Martin Ng: Procession, A change is gonna come, “I don’t remember any lullabies,” Nico Muhly: Wonders: III. A Complaint Against Thomas Weelkes. Antony and the Johnsons: Hope There’s Someone, Procession, Carolina Tar Heels: Farm Girl Blues, Aayega Aanewaala: Lata Mangeshkarfrom, A change is gonna come, Polar Bear: Beartown, Wonders: III, DJ Zhao: Down South Bangin Vol. 1: Murda Musick, Dali Tsurni Ochi Neman, Wonders: III, Murda Musick, Kayhan Kalhor And Brooklyn Rider: Beloved do not let me be discouraged, I need you tonight, DJ Zhao: The Mahotella Queens + Wiley, A change is gonna come, Beloved do not let me be discouraged, Murda Musick, Shirley Collins: Higher Germanie. Jimmy Cliff: you can get it if you really want, Pauline Oliveros from Two Meditations on Transition and Change: Tara’s Room. John Prine: Angel From Montgomery. you can get it if you really want, “I don’t remember any lullabies,” Beck: Hollow Log, The Beauty of Sorrow, The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations, Maceo: Nextel Chirp (DJ Zhao). Unfinished Life, The Beauty of Sorrow, Polar Bear: Beartown, Neko Case: Thrice All American, Wonders: III, Holding Post, A change is gonna come, Good Vibrations.

OUR SINUOUS RESISTANCE 2/24/10

Om Kalthoum: Farkarouny. Susie Ibarra & Assif Tsahar: At Dawn, Ciganko, James Brown: Fine Old Foxy Self, The Coup: Tight, Googoosh: Gol Bi Goldoon, Jessie Mae Hemphill: Standing In My Doorway Crying, Devil or Angel, Andre Nickatina: Soul of A Coke Dealer, This Land Is Your Land, Merle Haggard: Mama Tried, Ike & Tina Turner: Idolize You, True Affection, Del Shannon: Runaway, The Clovers: Devil or Angel, BD1982: Parallell to Tell (Nas). Bob Dylan: Just like Tom Thumb’s Blues (alternate take). Wilco: Why would you want to live?, On Broadway, The Gladiators: Soul Rebel. Woodie Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land, Boat Woman Song, Devin the Dude: I Can’t make it home, On Broadway, Wiley feat. Emeli Sandé: Never be your woman (UK Loves Garage remix), Holger Czukay: Boat Woman Song. the town of Smolyan, Bulgaria (Rhodope): Molih ta, Majcho I Molih

THE WONDERFUL NET 2/17/10

Kyai Kaduk Manis: Babar Layar, Bessie Jones And Group: Turkle Dove, Boards of Canada: Everything You Do Is A Balloon, Tom Waits: I hope that I don’t fall in love with you, Starkey: Hair Redone, DJ Vadim: Timeless Void, The Books: 7, Spiritual Singers: Dila, Giacinto Scelsi: Riti: Ritual March, “The Funeral of Achilles” (1962) for percussion (fragment), Skye w/ Cait Stephens: The Wonderful Net (sound poem composed from a cut-up article of the same name by PF Scholander (Vertebrae Adaptations: Readings From Scientific American, 1968), Suicide: I Remember, Luniz: I got five on it. Little Eva: Locomotion, Unknown Artist: Lele Devla. I hope that I don’t fall in love with you, The Beatles: You’ve got to hide your love away, Kyai Manis Rengga: Laya, Telepathe: So Fine, Clouddead: Apt A pt 2, ?, The Rolling Stones: Tell Me, Little Richard: The Girl Can’t Help It, Hair Redone, Unknown Artist: Bahçalarda Biberiye, The Locomotion, I Riti: Ritual March. “The Funeral of Achilles” (1962) for percussion, I hope that I don’t fall in love with you, Ray Charles: Mess Around, Laya, The Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow’s Parties, Aayega Aanewaala: Lata Mangeshkarfrom

IS THIS YOUR GLASS? 12/16/09

The Bill Dixon Orchestra: Voices. Joseph Spence: Face to Face That I Shall Know Him. The Melodians: Rivers of Babylon, Song to a Seagull, Voices, Groucho Marx in “At the Circus”: Lydia, the Tatooed Lady. Susie Ibarra & Assif Tsahar: Dream Song #3, Singers and Dancers at the Mendocino Balkan Music and Dance Workshop, 2006: Song(s) from the Rhodope region of Bulgaria, The Del-Vikings: Whispering Bells. Vashti Bunyan: Where I Like to Stand, Washington Philips: Lift Him Up, That’s All. Dream Song #3, Grand Dominion Jazz Band: Keep Your Hand on The Plow, Christmastime is here, It’s time for The Percolator, Angels Living On The Ground, Little sister sings in choir: Waters of Babylon, Dream Song #3, The Cocteau Twins: Wax and Wane, Joni Mitchell: The Pirate of Penance, Neil Young: Like An Inca, Voices, P.S. 22 Chorus: One Day, Sweet Honey In The Rock: Keep Your Eyes On The Prize, Big Youth: Lightening Flash, Weak Heart Drop, Me + Air Conditioner on Foster at Damen, The Last Day Of Our Aquaintance, Joanna Newsom: Swansea. Coventry Carol, E.C. Ball: Tribulations. Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time. The Deer Knives: Hiccup Drunk. Coventry Carol. Dream Song #3. Kremana Stancheva: Mesechinko Alena (Scarlet Moon)

PERFUME COUNTER 12/2/09

Pauline Oliveros: Pathways to Grandmothers. Bill Monroe: In The Pines. Bonnie Prince Billy: Horses. Pathways to Grandmothers, Laurie Spiegel: Appalachian Grove 1, In The Pines, Kandja Kouyate: Guede, Burning Spear: Old Time Saying. Lollipop juked, Jimi Hendrix at Royal Albert Hall: Little Wing. Rinse FM 12.15.06 Ruff Squad: It no Take Nuthin. La Fete Au Village, In The Pines, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: Summer Wine. Gong Belaloewana Bali: Kebyar Ding, Pt.1. Big Boi f. Gucci Mane: Shine Blockas. Gypsies of Rajasthan at The Old Town School of Folk Music: Snake Dance. The Wailers: Pale Moonlight. Lillie Knox: I’ve Got The Keys To The Kingdom, Tuba Arrangement of Nina Simone’s Plain Gold Ring. DJ Nehpets: Lil Wayne Lollipop juked, Wind and Rain, Snake Dance, Wayne & Wax: A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two A Yard (Lee Perry + Talat Mahmood & Geeta Dutt). Marika Papagika: Mand. Nick Cave: Suzanne. Æ at The Velaslavasay Panorama: Wind And Rain. Pathways to Grandmothers. Townes Van Zandt: Nothing. Telepathe: So Fine, Wind and Rain, Brigitte Fontaine: L’Auberge, Alvin Lucier: Music On A Long Thin Wire, Amadou & Miriam: La Fete Au Village, Cindy Electronium, Elsa (Sonido Martines Remix feat. Fefe). Willie Nelson: If You Can Touch Her At All. Nina Simone: Lilac Wine. Nadezda Xrojneva: Goro Le, Goro Zelena (Oh, green forest!) Umm Kalthoum: Inta Omri (You Are My Life), Snake Dance.