Positive Patterns: Letter Press Workshop

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Positive Patterns: A Mantra Poster Workshop Join Thea Sizemore of Kavamore Press to explore the world of printing, patterns and hand-set type. Participants will utilize up-cycled household items and recyclables to produce stamps. Using various inks & colors, the stamps will produce unique background patterns. This will serve as backdrop for positive and aspirational quotes. Participants will handset wood type from a selection of vintage type to letterpress their posters. Each participants will create multiples of their poster design. Materials will be included. Optional: bring items that would make for interesting print patterns. About the Instructor:
Thea Sizemore (she/her) has been a letterpress printer, artist and instructor for over 20 years. She holds BFA in printmaking with emphasis on bookarts from the California College of the Arts with additional studies at Cleveland Institute of Art. As founder of Kavamore Press, a custom letterpress and design studio in South Berkeley, Thea works with private clients and various artists to create ephemera for projects including some for the Carpenter Center for the Arts at Harvard, The Guggenheim and the SFMOMA. In recent years, Thea's personal work has focused on projects that use the power of print to connect and engage community including a mail art project called “Fresh Prints” an ongoing series of free letterpress posters and public printing protest events. To view more of her work, visit kavamorepress.com.