Learn the basics of carving and printing designs from linoleum blocks.
Students will learn how to transfer and carve a simple design into a 5 x 7" linoleum block, then use the Vandercook cylinder press to print their single-color block on either fold-over cards or on quality printmaking paper.
This workshop is open to beginners, as well as students with some letterpress experience looking for a new way to add imagery to their work.
Materials to Bring
Bring ideas for a simple 5x7" design; ideally at least two sketches so the instructor can help choose which will work best.
About the Instructor
Patricia Wakida (she/her) is a bibliophile, artist and writer with a background in trade publishing. Her relations to books are kept tangible and toothsome by running wasabi press, making illustrated letterpress books, broadsides, posters and cards on a Chandler and Price tabletop platen press and a small etching press. Patricia’s book arts education began with an apprenticeship in Japanese papermaking in Mino, Gifu- prefecture, Japan in 1996, followed by an apprenticeship at the Arts and Crafts Press under linoleum block artist and letterpress printer Yoshiko Yamamoto, in Berkeley, California. She has also taught linoblock carving and letterpress workshops as a teaching assistant in the book arts program at Mills College, the San Francisco Center for the Book, and ASUC Art Studio.
Past Student Reviews
"She was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the class fun."
“Great instructor and lots of latitude to work on my own project.”
“Instructor had great energy, very fun, enthusiastic.”
“Experienced instructor, she understood that it was all about the students and what they could learn and make.”
Location
San Francisco Center for the Book
375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Registration Policies
Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. Registration will close approximately three days prior to the start date of the workshop to allow the instructor time to prep materials for class. We recommend you not wait to register, as workshops that don't meet our minimum enrollment will be canceled, sometimes as much as a week in advance.
Workshop fee
(includes materials fee):
$225
Prerequisite:
None.
Class sessions:
Saturday & Sunday, July 5 & 6, 2025
10 am-3 pm
If this workshop is full, please click this link to add your name to the waitlist. If a seat becomes available, we will contact you.