Announcements!

2013 has already been a year of great change for us at BYO Print! We moved our shop from 2206 Coral St to our new home at Sharktown Studios, 155 Cecil B Moore Ave. We welcomed many new members! Visit the "Meet the Members" page to see work by Kevin Mann, Shawn Smith, Christiane Moore, and Mike Sgier, our new members since January. 

Friday night we held a small gathering at the new space but made a big announcement!

This summer, we will become the new owners of a lithography press and a large collection of stones! We are excited to be adding lithography to the supported practices of the studio, and eager to learn more about how a litho shop runs. For an intaglio gal like me, I've got a lot to learn!

Soft Opening: First Friday

We've moved in to a great new space and want everyone to see. Join us at the new studio May 3rd from 6pm-10pm for a soft re-opening party of BYO Print.

Downstairs, Gravy Gallery & Studio will be celebrating their second anniversary. We feel a special kinship with our building neighbors, as we both got our start at Liberty Cycle Studios, and have both moved into bigger and better suited spaces at Sharktown Studios this spring.

Hooray for new beginnings!!

Progress Photos of our new space!

 Some shots from our move over the past month. Yesterday we had a great day with two guest printers working in the new space, and Karen and I unpacked and organized tools and inks. The shop is looking good!

Stage 1: Get everything in that isn't an etching press.

Stage 2: Move the presses & and level the bases.

Stage 3: Impulse buy printmaking things (like this huge bookpress)

Stage 4: Rig sink with shower hookup for clean screens and hands.

Stage 5: Put things that always get in the way on castors.

Stage 6: Admire the shop coming together nicely. 

Hiatus for Guest Printers

While we get ready to move BYO Print into its new home, the shop will be closed to guest printers.

We'll re-open to visitors and guests on April 15th, 2012 at 155 Cecil B Moore (3rd Floor) at Sharktown Studios, an artists warehouse building just a hop-skip-and-jump away from Frankford Ave.

Cheers!

Members Exhibition at The High Wire

2012 House Tour!

Hey Printeresting! Thanks for visiting our little shop last month; we were happy to show you around. We got things 'cleaned up' for our guest, and took some photos of our own. The shop will be open again for East-of-Broad P.O.S.T, as Katie opens her studio on the third floor to the art-loving public.

When you enter, you'll see that you're still very much in a home, just a home for printmaking...

The Charles Brand and Conrad Presses greet you right away!

The view from the kitchen (yes! We have one!) looking back to the front of the house.

A little felt mermaid by Caroline Garcia Ziegler watches over the Whelan Press.

Our little wash-up and paper-soaking stations. Lots of soaps.

We made our floating ink stations out of a reclaimed skylight diffuser from an old farm! (Thanks Re-Store!)

The big Whelan. This hybrid press has a roller that moves over the bed, instead of the other way around.

Our etching presses, Charlie and Connie, get the most action around here.

Upstairs, the silkscreen lab gets great light from the Southeast.

Lots of screens, stacking drying racks, and a little library of useful information.

Our DIY exposure room is built into what was once the linen closet.

Down in the basement, we etch. And store things. And launder towels. 

Well, that's the shop in a nutshell! Come visit and see the rest. Don't forget to pet the cat!

Will Printing Save Bookstores?

I'm not usually one to re-blog, but this contraption that Printeresting has posted is just wonderful.

Will Printing Save Bookstores?