WORKSHOP TEST RUN:

CREATIVE DISSENT VIA LETTERPRESS

Lead Graffiti
120A Sandy Drive
Newark, DE

Sunday, March 30
10 am - 5 pm (pizza lunch)
$100 each (limit of 8 people)
 

You can sign up for the workshop here.

THIS IS A TEST RUN for a workshop Lead Graffiti will be doing at the Frederick Book Arts Center, MD, on the first Saturday in April, which is already sold out. This Sunday’s workshop aims to show how we think about the letterpress process and its role in our work. Participants will be printing versdions of protest posters we want to do for Lead Graffiti. There can be an opportunity for you to inflict some of your taste. There is no prerequisite, and we will sidestep most of the typical here’s-how-you-do-letterpress start-up. You’ll get a lot of that information by doing hands on.

FIVE PROJECTS will be ready to print. Given the current political climate, a general idea flows through these projects: C h A o S. There are many protest opportunities on most weekends, and at the end of the day, you should have at least five good posters to join the rallies with. We have nothing against a good handmade marker poster, but we like to produce interesting and memorable typography, copywriting, and design.

SO, JUMP IN. Some of the prints you’ll be working on are experiments for us, so the final look is still up for grabs. All materials will be supplied.

Below is the general look of one of the posters you’ll walk out with. The letters of RESIST shown here are printed via letterpress. The background marks depicting the “chaos” would be applied by hand-rolling with a brayer, choosing from various ink colors. In this example, we presented the word in black and breaking out of hiding.

You will work from several typographic lockups utilizing two different Vandercook and iron hand presses, which you will either ink on press or hand-roll. We will also have some fun with ghost printing. Some papers will be blank, and others will have existing backgrounds using our “ink pulls” for a little variety and mystery. So sign up to let us know you’re coming to add your energy to the cause.

You can sign up for the workshop here.

Monthly meeting of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening:

Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening: Caroline Brown will lead a discussion and show-and-tell about collage (collage, not college). She will share some of her collage work, some engaging illustrations in books, and a fun technique for creating unique collage paper. If you have done any work with collage or have books that use it creatively, please bring them to share.

At this meeting, the theme and size of our Group Book will be determined. This meeting is the commitment deadline for those who intend to participate. The number of completed pages each person must bring to the meeting on Wednesday, June 19th, will determine the number of completed pages each person must bring. Depending on the technique used to bind the book, we may start the binding process on June 19th.

You can click here to see the ongoing UCBA agenda for 2025.

Below is the book entitled “Opposites,” which we did in 2023.

We’ll be printing about 400 postcards for 302UnitedDE. We’ll be printing from a from a photopolymer plate. The plan is to print the black run first and then assuming things go smoothly, we’ll be printing a split fountain of the logo and a bit of the type.

To register, click here.

You can register for this free tour by clicking here.

We offer a couple of free 90-minute to 2-hour letterpress intensive tours of Lead Graffiti each month and can usually provide one when you want. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are good days. We are trying to restrict ourselves to 4 studio days a week to reduce the heating costs during the coldest parts of winter.

We will show various Lead Graffiti projects, including books, posters, wedding invitations, and cards, to give you an idea of the range of possible projects with each type of press we have. We’ll show our two Vandercook cylinder presses, floor-model platen, iron hand presses, paper cutter, board shears, and other pieces to help you push your creativity.

We are happy to discuss the history of printing and can show examples of letterpress printing from its earliest days.

Bring your kids or friends. It’s free for all. We would love it if you could bring some questions, ideas about things you might like to do, etc.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

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Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

Lead Graffiti is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Newark Arts Alliance from December 31 through January 18. We will exhibit work from our earliest days through work produced in the past 2 weeks. The exhibition is being designed to group work by conceptual connections. While we fell in love with the letterpress process Quite quickly, we have come to love its fluidity and the ability to reinvent the process constantly. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 - 4 and Fridays until 8. An artist’s reception will be held on Friday, January 10, from 6 - 8 pm. We also plan on being in the gallery for several days of the exhibition, where we could talk about the work and the process with individuals or groups. Lead Graffiti offers workshops in its studio space in the Sandy Brae Industrial Park here in Newark on various processes relating to letterpress and bookmaking.

207 Louviers Dr., Newark, DE 19711, located on Papermill Rd. across from Bank of America and W.L. Gore.

Lead Graffiti was chosen as “the city’s favorite artist of 2024” in a poll by the Newark Post.

UCBA • monthly meeting

This is an annual social gathering that meets at a member’s home.

You can READ about the workshop here.

You can REGISTER for the workshop here.

These workshops can result in either a postcard or a folding card. This one is the folding card version and costs $140 for the 8-hour workshop.

You can READ about the workshop here.

You can REGISTER for the workshop here.

You can READ about the workshop here.

You can REGISTER for the workshop here.

Upper Chesapeake Book Arts (UCBA) monthly meeting

If you think you might be interested in bookmaking you are free to join us and take a look. Typically, about 15 of us meet at Lead Graffiti, 120A Sandy Drive, Newark, DE. 6:30 - 8:30 or so and always a few stretching it out. It would help to bring a light snack.

You can READ about the workshop here.

You can REGISTER for the workshop here.

You can READ about the workshop here.

You can REGISTER for the workshop here.