BUCKET EXHIBITIONS: Styrofoam Printmaking at the Juan Tabo Library -- with HENRY MORALES

HENRY MORALES and ELLIE WEADOCK did a Styrofoam Printmaking workshop for kids (and adults) at the Juan Tabo Library in Albuquerque on May 31, 2025. This was part of the Albuquerque Public Libraries kick off for the Summer Reading Program -- and also served as the opening for HENRY MORALES art exhibition at the library:

A STAR WARS dude

makes a Hand Print with the Tortilla Press

STAR WARS showed up in force, and we also had a brisk stream of child printmakers. We opted to post the photos of the STAR WARS characters rather than the photos of the children.

THE STYROFOAM PRINT MASTERPIECES

Styrofoam Masterpieces

by children and adults

Styrofoam Prints created at the Juan Tabo Library

TORTILLA PRESS

The main workhorse was the Adjustable Tortilla Press. We punched out 4 inch diameter Styrofoam discs, asked visitors to gouge into them with ball point pens, and then inked and printed the Styrofoam Masterpieces:

The Styrofoam plate masterpiece

printed on paper

We also found that we could use the tiny Tortilla Presses, as long as we sandwiched the paper between two pieces of Styrofoam -- the bottom piece was for a cushion, and the top Styrofoam had the image to print:

A small Tortilla Press

bought in Mexico

The Styrofoam plate created by HENRY MORALES

The print next to the

Styrofoam plate and the Styrofoam cushion

on the small Tortilla Press

The outside remainder Styrofoam of the original bowl

made a nice frame

Standing guard over the sophisticated 6x6 inch linocuts

Star Wars fake prints

on Henry's letterpress proofing press

A visitor watches Henry make one of his prints for her

Henry's fresh linocut print

Another Henry linocut print

Cautiously watching the printmaking from a distance

We also offered larger rectangular pieces

for visitors to gouge with ball point pens

and print

The rectangular Styrofoam plate

on the Adjustable Tortilla Press

Pressing down on the Tortilla Press

to make a print

Library Security can be rough

A Masterpiece in progress

The Styrofoam plate

The printed Masterpiece

Another print Masterpiece

The librarian prints on the Tortilla Press

The librarian printed one of Ellie's linocut discs

Ellie printing on the Tortilla Press

Henry, Ellie and Casandra

The whole Tortilla Press set-up

fits in one plastic box

HENRY MORALES also had a workshop and exhibition in 2023 at the East Mountain Public Library in Tijeras, New Mexico.

This all was HENRY MORALES' event

at the Juan Tabo Library

EXHIBITION

HENRY MORALES exhibited his prints in the Juan Tabo Library for the month of June 2025. However he also invited a few other artists to exhibit small prints, some of which we made in Taos the previous weekend (May 24 - 25, 2025):