During the 2022 Summer 1 session, the Experimental Letterpress Printing course successfully produced the “World’s Largest* California Job Case”.
The class began with a several-week process of learning the ins and outs of letterpress printing. This led to a series of technical prompts and a pursuit to control outcomes. The prompts ranged from printing from legos, chipboard, and bubble-wrap, to making their own veneer type using a laser cutter and the school’s wood shop, Through these prompts and experiments, students engaged in a process of problem-solving & critical thinking, continually trying to push themselves, their abilities, & conceptual development.
After gaining experience printing and with a final prompt, the class devised a plan to collaboratively print a 20' x 11' California Job Case to show off their newly acquired skills and recently diagnosed typophilia. The class divided the design of the case into 196 individual sheets and divvied out equally among the 12 printers (14 sheets each). After printing for 9 days, the class assembled the collection of prints and installed two completed pieces (front-to-back) in East Carolina University's School of Art & Design.
*has not been even remotely verified
- professor, designer & printer
- dan elliott
- designer & printer
- lee turner
- designer & printer
- michael gaines
- designer & printer
- jalisha armstrong
- designer & printer
- matt barnhart
- designer & printer
- riley garrett
- designer & printer
- lexi karaivanova
- designer & printer
- frank liu
- designer & printer
- anna query
- designer & printer
- jordan shelfo
- designer & printer
- leah smith
- designer & printer
- rachel spencer
