Single Day Workshop Lego Letterpress | Wednesday September 18th

Join us for a fun and experimental evening of lego letterpress! Lego letterpress is a fun and playful take on traditional letterpress - instead of metal or wood type, lego is used to assemble 2-dimensional images or text on a lego plate, which is then printed as a relief print. 

In this workshop we will be using a traditional etching press that has been converted to print the same way as a letterpress. Participants will each have the opportunity to assemble and print up to two different compositions. 

This method is great for experimenting with textures, impressions, text-based work, and/or geometric patterns.

Val Loewen (she/her)

Languages spoken: English

Val Loewen (she/her) is a mad Vancouver based artist living and practicing on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Her practice is based primarily in print media and intersects with other material based methodologies through which she investigates ideas of transformational narratives and visual histories. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Japan and she received her BFA from NSCAD University in 2012. 

She has practised as a collaborative artist, instructor, and print media technician at various printmaking centres in Vancouver since 2012, including the Art History and Visual Arts department at UBC, the Print and Publishing Festival in Dawson City Yukon, Mobil Art School in Vancouver, and at Malaspina Printmakers Society. She is currently the Studio Access and Equity Manager at Malaspina Printmakers Society where she works collaboratively with artists and community members to facilitate the exploration of print media.