SUMMARY -- The PRINTERS PLANET in Albuquerque, May 2024

The PRINTERS PLANET came to Albuquerque on May 25, 2024 -- at FUSION in the downtown area -- 10 AM to 4 PM.  Print vendors set up their tents and tables in the parking lot, and the demos and workshops happened inside:

The PRINTERS PLANET print market

 in Albuquerque on May 25, 2024

BLOG POSTS

• The PRINTERS PLANET ABQ -- Vendors

• 8x8 inch PRINTMAKING -- Demos

• OffCenter Print Workshops

Click the photos to get to the specific blog posts:

The PRINTERS PLANET ABQ -- Vendors

The main event was in the parking lot of FUSION

 where the print vendors set up

8x8 inch PRINTMAKING -- Demos

Inside we had guest printmakers and visitors pull prints

OffCenter Print Workshops

Also OffCenter gave print workshops inside

HIGHLIGHTS

View from the FUSION patio

overlooking the vendors

It was GREAT

 when the visitors wanted to make their own prints!!!

This puzzle print collaboration

by Xavier Moreno of Tres Gatos Press in Guadalajara (inside)

and Ellie Weadock from Albuquerque (outside)

Zimmy  of OffCenter

 drew into Styrofoam

 and then we printed it on the Tortilla Press

Henry Morales came down to help with the print demo

Amy Maestras

 gave the LEGO print workshop

The printmakers were invited to an afterparty at the new Remarque Print Workshop location (formerly Tortuga Gallery). It's always great to celebrate a printmaking event Oaxaca style, with good mezcal:

Printers Planet Organizers Anne Steen and Tim Jag

celebrate with Jessica Krichels (middle), one of the owners of Remarque

THANKS

to the organizers

Tim Jag of Santa Fe has been organizing all the PRINTERS PLANET events, with the help of Anne Steen:

TIM JAG

 at Phil Space

FUSION hosted the print event.  A big thanks to Dennis and his crew:

FUSION hosted the event

 in downtown Albuquerque

OffCenter

OffCenter in Albuquerque helped organize this event:

 OffCenter info table

at the PRINTERS PLANET

OffCenter is located in downtown Albuquerque

on Central near 8th Street

Inside the OffCenter studio

The OffCenter crew 

made this big print

when BIG INK came to town in April 2024

Roadrunner print detail

Roadrunner stealing the show

 in the vendor parking lot

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PRINTERS PLANET

Previous Events

Click on the photos to check out the previous PRINTERS PLANET events:

 2022 JULY 

Santa Fe 2022 -- SUMMARY

2023 JULY

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET Pop-up at CURRENTS

2023 AUGUST

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET 2023 -- August 13

UPCOMING PRINTERS PLANET FESTIVAL

PRINTERS PLANET coming to Santa Fe,

 August 11, 2024

OffCenter Print Workshops

OffCenter held three print workshops throughout the day -- Printmaking with pink erasers, silk screening, and LEGO printmaking:

OffCenter printmaking instructors

in the big room at FUSION, where they held the workshops

ERASER PRINTMAKING

They offered an eraser printmaking workshop, using stamp pads to make small prints

The eraser example carved by Dre,

and the print made with a stamp pad

Zimmy at the materials table

Erasers, paper, and carving knives

SILK SCREENING

Dre gave the silk screening workshop:

The screens

Dre instructing the silk screening workshop

Materials table

Participants silk screened

on these patches

LEGO PRINTMAKING

Amy Maestas gave the LEGO printmaking workshop:

Amy Maestas with the LEGO plate

of a young participant

Amy directing the LEGO workshop

LEGO print

inked with stamp pad

LEGO materials

They made the LEGO prints

on a Provisional Press

Amy's LEGO print

from the 2023 Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange

Back in February at Quelab, Brian brought the LEGO press he made to pull LEGO prints:

LEGO printmaking

 on a LEGO press

• I also heard about the PRIXEL kit at the workshop (Instagram), which is a similar idea to LEGO printmaking.

T-SHIRT PRESS

Amy also had her new wooden press at her tent, big enough to print t-shirts with linoleum plates:

Linocut designs

The big wooden press

(similar to a large Woodzilla Press)

OTHER POSTS

• SUMMARY -- The PRINTERS PLANET in Albuquerque, May 2024

• The PRINTERS PLANET ABQ -- Vendors

• 8x8 inch PRINTMAKING -- Demos

• OffCenter Print Workshops

8x8 inch PRINTMAKING -- Demos

We printed indoors with a TORTILLA PRESS and BIG SHOT SIZZIX press on 8x8 inch paper during The PRINTERS PLANET market in Albuquerque on May 25, 2024:

This happy visitor

pulled one of Ellie Weadock's linocuts

Putting all his pressure

 on the Tortilla Press

Multi-colored print of a Peruvian figure

from Rich Hassler's linocut

Puzzle print from pieces

 by Xavier Moreno of Tres Gatos Press in Guadalajara on the inside,

and Ellie Weadock in Albuquerque on the outside

Sir Henry Morales helps save the day

with his printmaking technique

Virgil Velasco gets involved when he stops by

The BEST PART is when visitors take over and do ALL the printing themselves:

Rachael Buffett takes a break from her vendor table

to make a print with us

Rachael made a two color puzzle print

with Ellie Weadock's linocuts

Ellie Weadock's linocut print

straight off the Sizzix press

Ellie Weadock's multi-color linocut print

Drawn into Styrofoam by Zimmy Chu

and printed on the Tortilla Press

From Ellie Weadock's linocut

(should not have the dents)

Krrrl's tessellation print

(with edges added to make a 7 inch square

on 8 inch paper)

OTHER POSTS

• SUMMARY -- The PRINTERS PLANET in Albuquerque, May 2024

• The PRINTERS PLANET ABQ -- Vendors

• 8x8 inch PRINTMAKING -- Demos

• OffCenter Print Workshops