“People in a white non-descript van in the parking lot of Folk hall was rolling and inking a printing press to raise art awareness on Wednesday. The group, called DriveBy Press, travels across the country with a printing press in the back of their van. The group is printing and selling t-shirts and art prints using the press from the back of the van.”
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People in a white non-descript van in the parking lot of Folk hall was rolling and inking a printing press to raise art awareness on Wednesday.
The group, called DriveBy Press, travels across the country with a printing press in the back of their van.
The group is printing and selling t-shirts and art prints using the press from the back of the van.
Each of the designs is available for the shirts are hand made relief woodcarvings done by the members of the group.
The wood relief is rolled with ink and then placed on the press to print onto the t-shirt or print.
The ink should have the look of an orange peel before rolling and should make the noise of a fat guy in swishy pants, Nanney said.
Every printing takes about three days to dry.
They offer many different designs to choose from for t-shirts.
Each t-shirt is $10 if you bring your own t-shirt and $20 if you use one of the shirts the group has available.
DriveBy Press will be in the parking lot of Folk hall Thursday afternoon to print t-shirts and prints.
DriveBy Press is an educational outreach program.
They educate people about fine art through the form of printmaking.
Print making is one of the most accessible forms of art, said Gregory Nanney, a member of the company. Print is an introduction form to the art world according to Nanney.
DriveBy Press goes to different institutions, schools, galleries and museums and does demonstrations of the press.
They give lectures and give demonstrations on the history of printmaking.
The overall goal of the effort is to raise awareness for art.
If you see a bunch of people selling art it could come across as uptight. Printing t-shirts is more accessible, said Nanney.
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