Wood Engraving Class at Wells Book Arts July 14–20, 2019

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…

Wood Engraving Classes from Coast-to-Coast!

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,…

The Engraver’s Smackdown in Las Vegas!

There was an epic showdown at the Southern Graphics Council International’s Annual conference, Altered Landscape, in Las Vegas, Nevada at Bally’s Convention Center on April 5, 2018. Metal engraver, James Ehlers and I dueled for engraving supremacy! Graver to graver, magnifiers poised; the game is on. During this lively demonstration we had an unprecedented face off between…

A Big Carp in a Small Pond – Seize the Carp!

I often participate in printmaking’s great tradition of print exchanges. This image is for one such exchange organized by the Wood Engravers’ Network and Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, called Seize the Carp! This long-term collaboration is in the spirit of carpe diem – seize the day – for wood engravers. This block will…

See Starpointe Studio Prints on Exhibit in NJ, NY, MN and Oxford (UK)!

Wood Engravers’ Network 3rd Triennial Exhibition, June 30–August 8, 2017, Stockton University Art Gallery (Galloway, NJ) Western New York Book Arts Center’s Members’ Show, July 14–August 18, 2017 (Buffalo, NY) Minnesota Center for Book Arts‘ Parts of a Whole 4. August 25–October 29, 2017 (Minneapolis, MN) Society of Wood Engravers 80th Annual Exhibition. October 18–November…