Accessible Printmaking: The Development and Application of 3D Printed Letterpress Tools
Location
FA-152
Department
Art + Design
Abstract
Accessible Printmaking: The Development and Application of 3D Printed Letterpress Tools Michael Rogers Department of Art and Design, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Illinois 60625 I will use my skills as a designer and a letterpress printmaker to create 3D printed tools that aim to take the stress out of the printmaking process, so that more creative prints can be made on a mass scale. Accessible Printmaking is a presentation demonstrating the use of these tools and a sample of what kinds of posters they can create. Ideally this work will be showcased at the 2024 Wayzgoose, a midwestern letterpress conference, so that I can establish my name in the printmaking community as someone who seeks to explore new technologies that can be implemented into the printmaking process. I will be using statements printed in ink on chipboard posters that tackle the topic of the ongoing genocide happening in Palestine. This project is about the development of tools, but I also wanted to highlight that when a tool is designed with creative expression in mind, it can be used to create stronger messages, especially in printmaking which is all about broadcasting the voice of the people. Typography and image creation will be handled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and the 3D models will be designed using Blender, and printed using Makerbot 3D printers. My love for typography will be what drives the compositions of these posters, and will see the imagery being incorporated into the text of the posters I put up. I aim to use a color palette of black, white, red, and green inks to visually represent the Palestinian flag. The goal is to create a poster that a viewer can look at where the first gut reaction elicits stress, but upon reading and engaging with the text uplifts spirits and motivates a viewer. The medium of letterpress is being chosen intentionally for the association with giving the people a voice, and visual elements that give context to the ongoing genocide.
Faculty Sponsor
Sal Moreno
Accessible Printmaking: The Development and Application of 3D Printed Letterpress Tools
FA-152
Accessible Printmaking: The Development and Application of 3D Printed Letterpress Tools Michael Rogers Department of Art and Design, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Illinois 60625 I will use my skills as a designer and a letterpress printmaker to create 3D printed tools that aim to take the stress out of the printmaking process, so that more creative prints can be made on a mass scale. Accessible Printmaking is a presentation demonstrating the use of these tools and a sample of what kinds of posters they can create. Ideally this work will be showcased at the 2024 Wayzgoose, a midwestern letterpress conference, so that I can establish my name in the printmaking community as someone who seeks to explore new technologies that can be implemented into the printmaking process. I will be using statements printed in ink on chipboard posters that tackle the topic of the ongoing genocide happening in Palestine. This project is about the development of tools, but I also wanted to highlight that when a tool is designed with creative expression in mind, it can be used to create stronger messages, especially in printmaking which is all about broadcasting the voice of the people. Typography and image creation will be handled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and the 3D models will be designed using Blender, and printed using Makerbot 3D printers. My love for typography will be what drives the compositions of these posters, and will see the imagery being incorporated into the text of the posters I put up. I aim to use a color palette of black, white, red, and green inks to visually represent the Palestinian flag. The goal is to create a poster that a viewer can look at where the first gut reaction elicits stress, but upon reading and engaging with the text uplifts spirits and motivates a viewer. The medium of letterpress is being chosen intentionally for the association with giving the people a voice, and visual elements that give context to the ongoing genocide.