Spring Sprint was created after doing some light research on the origins of racing, spurred initially by my admiration of Thomas Bewick’s advertising cuts of the late 1700s and early 1800s. Bewick was a master of miniature vignettes in wood and metal engraving. I love the classic look of them and then started to look…
I (Joanne Price of Starpointe Studio), will be teaching a week-long workshop at the prestigious Wells Book Arts Summer Institute in Aurora, New York July 14–20, 2019. Wood Engraving: Historic Letterpress Illustration will help you create delicate, fine details with bold woodcut characteristics, perfect for adding illustrations to letterpress greeting cards, artist’s books, broadsides or…
Join me, Joanne Price, Wood Engravers’ Network President and founder/owner of Starpointe Studio, June 9–June 15, 2019 in Brasstown, North Carolina at the John C. Campbell Folk School for an immersive week of Wood Engraving: Historic Letterpress Illustration. John C. Campbell Folk School has a long tradition of keeping old crafts fresh and alive amid…
Wood Engraving: Historic Letterpress Illustration Join me for a weekend wood engraving workshop at Asheville BookWorks (Asheville, NC) Friday, Dec. 14 (5pm–7:30pm), Saturday Dec. 15 (10–5) and Sunday Dec. 16 (10–5). Wood engraving is your secret weapon for creating detailed images while retaining the bold relief characteristics of woodcut and linoleum. This process is perfect…
I’ve added several new prints in Starpointe’s online shop — original art, original gifts — you can’t get much cooler than that! – A Jackalope in black & white — a woodcut interpretation of the mythological wild-west-beast. – An illustration for Wells Book Arts Center’s fifth chapbook, Negative Compass by Bret Shepard. – And three…
Join Starpointe Studio Sunday September 9th, 11am through 6pm for a paper making odyssey at this annual one-day-event, Josephine Sculpture Park’s Fall Arts Festival! Continuing our support of a healthy environment for birds and beneficial insects, this creative workshop will guide you through the process of making paper by hand with seed inclusions. This unique…
My brand new Jackalope print will be exhibited at the Mid America Print Council Conference (MAPC) in Laramie, Wyoming October 3–6, 2018 as part of the Jackalope Portfolio organized by Oscar Gillespie. The conference theme is “Go West.” In that spirit, Gillespie sold the Jackalope portfolio exchange theme to 23 participants: “The frontier is forever…
On Saturday, Aug. 11, Joanne Price (that’s me), will present a demonstration of wood engraving from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea. It appears this will be the first time wood engraving will be demonstrated at the Center. Wood engraving is a relief printmaking medium, like stamps, woodcuts, letterpress,…
Starpointe Studio will be rockin’ it at Buffalo BookFest, Saturday July 7th, Noon–5pm! In addition to all the great and FREE stuff happening at the Bookfest – check out my contributions: Starpointe Studio will be selling print and bookish items in the vendor area – come say hello! You’ll also see my large woodcut, Buffalo…
This summer, my wood engraving classes hit the road—coast-to-coast—Seattle, Washington to Buffalo, New York! These one-day workshops are especially designed to be taster/teasers – short & sweet, like summer’s kiss! Walk away with the know-how to make illustrations the “old” way—black & white images hand-cut into end grain wood—perfect for adding illustrations to letterpress cards,…