We bring people together by using old printing presses to amplify new voices, share knowledge, and spark creativity.
Steve Garst is an artist, educator, and designer/owner of the Provisional Press project. He has been working in letterpress, printmaking, and book arts for the last 15 years and teaching for the last ten years at universities across the midwest. In response to the pandemic he developed a printing press kit that has been built by hundreds of people and is used by over 50 universities as a solution for students to print at home.
Why you should take this class During pandemic lockdowns, the lack of access to community and university print shops made teaching and learning letterpress printing next to impossible. Steve Garst, a letterpress educator and an inveterate tinkerer, was inspired to develop the Provisional Press. His DIY, open source cylinder press kit caught on as an…
Why you should take this class If you’re like us, you spent the last year and a half trying to find creative solutions to making art at home. In that time, Steve Garst developed and made hundreds of Provisional Press kits as an inexpensive and accessible tool for letterpress printing when shop access was a…
Why you should take this class During pandemic lockdowns, the lack of access to community and university print shops made teaching and learning letterpress printing next to impossible. Steve Garst, a letterpress educator and an inveterate tinkerer, was inspired to develop the Provisional Press. His DIY, open source cylinder press kit caught on as an…
This Long-Distance Letterpress workshop will have you pilfering from the Lego bin and hitting the local craft store for weird and wonderful printing materials of your own.
Why you should take this class During pandemic lockdowns, the lack of access to community and university print shops made teaching and learning letterpress printing next to impossible. Steve Garst, a letterpress educator and an inveterate tinkerer, was inspired to develop the Provisional Press. His DIY, open source cylinder press kit caught on as an…
Why you should take this class During the pandemic, the lack of access to community and university print shops made teaching and learning letterpress printing next to impossible. Steve Garst, a letterpress educator and an inveterate tinkerer, was inspired to develop the Provisional Press. His DIY, open source cylinder press kit caught on as an…
Why you should take this class Steve Garst developed and made hundreds of Provisional Press kits as an inexpensive and accessible tool for letterpress printing when shop access was a challenge for many. In his quest to make letterpress printing materials more accessible, he has mastered the use of non-traditional and easy-to-source toy, craft, and…
Why you should take this class During the pandemic, the lack of access to community and university print shops made teaching and learning letterpress printing next to impossible. Steve Garst, a letterpress educator and an inveterate tinkerer, was inspired to develop the Provisional Press. His DIY, open source cylinder press kit caught on as an…
Why you should take this class Steve Garst developed and made hundreds of Provisional Press kits as an inexpensive and accessible tool for letterpress printing when shop access was a challenge for many. In his quest to make letterpress printing materials more accessible, he has mastered the use of non-traditional and easy-to-source toy, craft, and…
Steve Garst, the creator of the Provisional Press, will walk you through every step of the assembly as you simultaneously build your own kit and get all your questions answered along the way.
Why you should take this class Steve Garst developed and made hundreds of Provisional Press kits as an inexpensive and accessible tool for letterpress printing when shop access was a challenge for many. In his quest to make printing materials more accessible, he has mastered the use of non-traditional and easy-to-source toy, craft, and hardware…
Why you should take this class Steve Garst developed and made hundreds of Provisional Press kits as an inexpensive and accessible tool for letterpress printing when shop access was a challenge for many. In his quest to make printing materials more accessible, he has mastered the use of non-traditional and easy-to-source toy, craft, and hardware…
