Journey/wo/man in letterpress 2023

The scheme to train in the craft of letterpress and how to work with metal type as a jounreywoman or journeyman. 20 letterpress places to choose from in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Call for participants:Dead line for your application for season 2023 is 1 October 2022 – details and application: Verein für die Schwarze Kunst.

BuchDruckKunst Hamburg 2022

Menu of Printmaker‘s Day served from The Fork and Broom Press: Starter: News online – served on 15 March 2022 at www.forkandbroompress.netMain Course: Choice of books and prints – served at BuchDruckKunst from 1-3 April 2022 in HamburgDessert to be served in summer at The Fork and Broom Press in Oppenwehe– Stay tuned The fair „BuchDruckKunst“ (Outstanding Works on Paper) …

Printmaker’s Day 2022: buffet of starters

For the first course of the menu there is a rich choice of starters on our buffet here online. Some art work is hot off the press, some works from the backlist have become topical again by recent events. The new artist‘s book was published in November 2021. The title is „nichts bleibt wie es war“ (nothing remains as it …

Essays on Printmaking

Since 2019 Printmaker‘s Day is an annual event on 15 March around the rich variety of artistic printmaking. It commemorates the day on which artistic printmaking techniques have been awarded the status of immaterial cultural heritage in Germany, which was on 15 March 2018. The BBK (Bund Bildender Künstler in Germany) has put up a special webspace for Printmaker‘s Day, …

Printmaker’s Day: Presenting the New Books

Printmaker‘s Day is the anniversary of classical printmaking techniques having been given the status of immaterial cultural heritage in Germany. This happend on 15 March 2018. Printmaker‘s Day at The Fork and Broom Press is the day to present all artist‘s books that have been published since the previous Printmaker‘s Day. With last year’s event having to be cancelled this …

Printmaker’s Day 15 March 2021

Printmaker‘s Day is the anniversary of classical printmaking techniques having been given the status of immaterial cultural heritage in Germany. This happend on 15 March 2018. Ever since printmakers on this day opened their studios, offered workshops or invited for exhibits – until in 2020 the virus struck and most of the carefully planned events had to be called off. …

Printmakers’ Day on 15 March 2020

With a heavy heart we decided to cancel this event due to the current development of coronavirus infections. Save the date!At 7. Biennale Buchkunst Weimar in late November 2019 my new artist’s book was hot off the press: “Paul Klee – Der Pfeil”. It was acquired by Klassikstiftung Weimar for the bauhaus-collection.On 15 March 2020 I’ll be presenting this book …

Printmaker’s Day

On 15 March 2019 we’ll be open for visitors. Add to this: visitors can have their go and pull a print from movable type on one of the presses. This is to celebrate that printmaking techniques like relief printing, intaglio, letterpress, lithography and others have been awarded cultural heritage status last year on 15 March. There are more than 230 …