Demonstrations – Turn-Based Press

We will be hosting a drypoint station at the PAMM Free Second Saturday Printapalooza Program during DWNTWN Art Days, Saturday, September 10, from 1 – 4 PM.

Come learn some drypoint basics with printmakers Kathleen Hudspeth and Thom Wheeler Castillo; participants will use etching tools to draw into prepared, upcycled paperboard matrices, after which the printmakers will ink then print the plate for you using a common kitchen gadget—a pasta maker!

Drypoint prints will be printed with real etching ink on German etching paper.

Though Robert Rauschenberg is more known for his interest in lithography and screenprinting, some of his work was inspired by the fabric traditionally used to wipe intaglio plates—a starched cheesecloth known as tarlatan. Rauschenberg created a series of lithographs on fabric, called Hoarfrosts, which stemmed from this inspiration.

One the founding pieces of PAMM’s collection, Rauschenberg’s Untitled, from 1986 uses copper as a substrate, subverting the typical use of copper as a matrix (plate) for intaglio processes (which includes drypoint). Supporting that subversion is the fact that the media used to create the work contain many materials typically used in various printmaking techniques, such as corrosives and ink. Additionally, the imagery supports this investigation of printmaking in that it contains a reproduction of a woodcut and screenprinted photographic imagery.

About PAMM’s Printapalooza:

PAMM Free Second Saturdays: Printapalooza program.
Roll-up your sleeves and get inspired by the mixed-media artwork of Robert Rauschenberg. Get to know your local printmakers by exploring the different pop-up stations and print your favorite pattern using different printmaking techniques.
Partnering organizations and artists include:

Exile Books; Printmaker Amanda Keeley

Extra Virgin Press; Printmaker Tom Virgin

Little Haiti Cultural Center; Printmaker Akete Chevers

Turn-Based Press; Printmakers Kathleen Hudspeth and Thom Wheeler Castillo

ABMB Artist Studio Visits
9 AM to noon, Friday, December 5, 2014.

Turn-Based Press is pleased to be part of the official Art Basel Miami Beach Artist Studio Visits from 9 AM to noon on Friday December 5. Come by to see our production area and facilities, and also be a part of a free, ‘gonzo-printmaking’ demonstration by Nick Gilmore at 10:30 AM.

Gilmore is a Miami-based visual artist who works primarily in sculpture and printmaking. He often draws inspiration from his experience in the woodworking and construction trades as well as Taoist philosophy. Gilmore’s work teeters between metaphor and pure abstraction as he tosses conventional printmaking techniques aside and employs non-traditional materials such as monofilament, wood shavings, and foam rubber to produce mixed-media monoprints. This experimental process blurs the role of both press and printmaker, and yields unpredictable and exciting results. This demonstration will be participatory.

Print Exchange
6 – 10 PM, Friday, December 5, 2014.

Friday evening, we’ll be opening Print Exchange, a show which offers for view works that have been traded for other prints or artwork, or were part of an organized print exchange. These prints emphasize relationships, something inherent in the medium. The artists who have generously shared their collections include Kathleen Hudspeth, Mira Lehr, Larry Newberry, and Carol Todaro.

The works in Print Exchange span a range of decades, and offer a variety of types and styles of printmaking. The artists’ collections speak of origin, context and community.

Drypoint and Monotype Demonstration
10:30 AM, Saturday, December 6, 2014.

Printmaker Melissa Agriesti will be offering a free demonstration of drypoint intaglio and monotype. The demonstration will include an introduction to dry point etching, plate inking and wiping, and the manipulation of materials using a printmaking press. Participants will create a drypoint using Plexiglas plates, and will also be hand-painting on the plates, which will then be printed using traditional intaglio presses. This demonstration will allow participants the chance to try drypoint and monotype for themselves.

Agriesti is a printmaker who specializes in making unique prints using a combination of modern and traditional printmaking techniques. She has a BFA in printmaking from the Cleveland Institute of Art and has studied and exhibited as a printmaker in both Japan and Australia. Currently Agriesti resides in Miami Beach, Florida and works as an artist and as a visual arts instructor for Miami Dade County Public Schools. Her favorite printmaking techniques are intaglio and monotype.

The morning of the Artist Studio Visits for Downtown Miami was sunny and warm; Turn-Based Press had a nice crowd of guests, many of whom were friendly, familiar faces. A Close Read was available for viewing as well, the new Perez Art Museum Miami was just a stroll down the street, and most of the local art organizations in the neighborhood were also open. It was a wonderful morning to be downtown.

Turn-Based Press is pleased to announce that we’ll be part of the official Downtown Miami Art Basel Miami Beach Artist Studio Visits on Friday, December 6, 2013, from 9 AM until noon. We’ll have two demonstrations to offer to guests, as well as the current small-works exhibit, A Close Read, which will also be on view during the Downtown First Friday Art Walk, from 6 – 10 PM that evening.

Encaustic Printmaking Workshop, 10 AM, Dec. 6

Elaine Defibaugh will be sharing her insights into the Enkaustikos printmaking technique; this is a direct transfer method which does not require the use of a press and can easily be adapted for home or studio production. The images produced are expressive and painterly, and the simplicity of the technique makes it an easy, entry-level process for those interested in monotype.

Defibaugh has studios in Miami and New York City, and has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She has work in the collections of Butler Institute of American Art, Memorial Art Gallery, Whitney Gallery at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Jewish Homes, SUNY Brockport, and Jewish Homes in Rochester, NY. Defibaugh is also the recipient of two Pollock Krasner grants, as well as a Constance Saltonstall Foundation grant.

Mare de Deu deis Dorors, Elaine Defibaugh; encaustic monotype

Book-binding Workshop, 11 AM, Dec. 6

Carol Todaro will bind and finish a small edition of artists’ books entitled Book. Designed and printed by Todaro and Turn-Based Press founder Kathleen Hudspeth, Book transposes lines from Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons (Objects) onto a playful, screenprinted sheet that will be bound in two pamphlet styles, one folded and one sewn. Each version of Book shuffles the reading order of the text and shifts the presentation of the images in a brief meditation on printing, books and words as objects.

Carol Todaro is an artist and writer who combines both activities by making artists’ books. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the Library of Congress and the Jaffe Collection at Florida Atlantic University, among other public institutions, have collected her work. Her poetry chapbook Moonviewing (Floating Wolf Quarterly # 7) was released in 2011. She teaches at New World School of the Arts in Miami.

A Close Read, Nov. 1 through December 22.

A Close Read is positioned in opposition to the whirlwind that is the end of year art season in Miami. Comprised of prints, artists’ books and works-on-paper no larger than 6” x 6”, A Close Read will offer intimate, individual presentations, fostering in the viewer—or reader–a moment of focus and reflective, considered observation. The exhibition features the work of more than 25 local artists.

Official ABMB Downtown Miami Artist Studio Visit Map

Category: Demonstrations