Century Plate Lithography

Online Demonstrations & Workshops:

Due to the Corona Virus/Covid-19 Pandemic, Cherry Press is closed to the public for the time being and will re-open when deemed safe to do so.  I have been teaching online and hybrid workshops in lithography, screen printing and woodcut/relief printing for my Bennington College and RISD printmaking classes.  

Contact me if you are interested in scheduling an on-line workshop or demonstration.

When the academic year is over (spring 2021), we will begin offering workshops and demonstrations in printmaking and new to Cherry Press: wood carving, which will be

Over the years, many students have suggested that I create a book from my detailed and many-paged instructions for learning Part 1 of my Century Plate Lithography classes and tutorials.

Now you can purchase my instruction book, Non-toxic Century Plate Lithography Part 1 in printed or E-book formats from Blurb.com and from me directly.

Non-toxic Century Plate Lithography Part 1 introduces printmakers to a new, sustainable and environmentally friendly way to produce high-quality, professional, hand-pulled lithographs without using toxic and petroleum-based materials.

This instruction book

Non-toxic Century Plate Litho Workshop Part 1 at CREATE Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA

I'm very excited to be introducing West Coast artists in the Coachella Valley to sustainable litho this coming January!  In this workshop students will learn how to grain a reusable Century Plate like a lithographic limestone, prepare a registration maquette and printing paper, transfer images and draw directly on the plates with a variety of media, etch and process with bio-based, biodegradable materials, print on CREATE's etching/relief press, clean and store an inked plate and re-grain a plate for

Get ready, Jersey for a three-day introduction to Century Plate Lithography at Guttenberg Arts in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Guttenberg Arts is an incredible community art space equipped with a printshop, ceramics studio and gallery....and is also the home of Paper Crown Press and Carrier Pigeon Magazine!

Guttenberg Arts is easily accessible from the NYC area (only a half hour bus ride from Port Authority), Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Friday Evening - July 13, 6:30-9:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday 14 & 15  10 am-4 pm
Visit  guttenbergarts.org to register