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@2steppress
Recently 2.Step.Press. founder Ben Iluzada went to the Southern Graphics Council Printmaking Conference in Knoxville TN. Met some awesome new faces, and got to talk with some people that are way higher on the totem pole of printmaking. It was a fantastic experience, and we are still in the process of trying to contact everyone that we met while there! Hopefully we will see some of them in Baltimore in the future~
Finally here! #sgci2015 #sphere #printmaking #drivingforever (at Knoxville Convention Center)
Founder/Operator Ben Iluzada demonstrating traditional 4 hole Japanese binding to gathered students at the Traditional Japanese and Butterfly Bookbinding Workshop held at MICA today. #bookmaking #MICA #bookarts #traditional #bookbinding (at The Fox Building @ MICA)
Over this past weekend @beniluzada of @2steppress churned out a small woodcut to use as a gold leafing and Chine-Cole demonstration to other members of MICA's Senior Printmaking students.
Golding leafing was taught by Ashley Smith, while the Chine-Colle was done with Ben Iluzada.
Mater Dei Maria
8"x10"
Edition Size: 10 (varied ed.)
Woodcut, Chine-Cole, Gold Leaf
Printed on Handmade Cotton Rag Paper, made in house at 2steppress
Layer 9, one more to go for @rebecca_print ‘s collaborative book!
Ben Iluzada of 2steppress is at it again! This time for a collaborative book with Rebecca Gilbert's Artist Books class.
Thesis work of 2.Step.Press.'s founder and operator, Ben Iluzada.
Book Illustrations for Filippino and Greek creation myths, from his forthcoming book of creation myths from around the world.
via. Instagram
12"x12" linoleum cuts on Japanese Kozo.
Ben Iluzada
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2steppress.
New business cards have arrived! For both 2.Step.Press., and founder Ben Iluzada!
We’re proud to announce that we’ve completed the first batch of Eerie & Haunting zines! Each one features a screen-printed cover with glow-in-the-dark ink, and a variety of spooky creatures from 16 different artists. Each is hand-printed and assembled.
We’d like to thank all of our contributing artists for making this zine possible:
Kyle Dittman Allen Hiu Natalia Arias Noella Whitney Meaghan Stephenson Acacia Hope Sarah Greenlaw Alex Papalitskas Bridget Voltz Gigi Brose Bailey Watro Ben Iluzada Astr Eric Rivera Hannz Mulligan Frances DeRosa
In addition, thanks go to 2.Step.Press for printing them!
If you are interested in buying a copy of the zine, it will be available at MICA’s winter Art Market from December 10th to 13th. We will also have copies available for purchase online in the near future.
Stay tuned for future projects, more images, and for a special artist feature!
And here we have it folks, the first of hopefully many more collaborative projects with the wonderful people over at The Bloody Bad Art Collective.
Eerie & Haunting
Screen printed with glow-in-the-dark Speedball Inks on Black Pop-Tone Paper by French Paper Co.
3"x3"
Contact the people over at Bloody Bad ([email protected]) for your copy today!
SNEAK PEEK- we’ve got some prototyping and testing going on in the studio today. If all goes according to plans, the final versions should be printed an assemble by the end of the week.
Cover printed in glow-in-the-dark ink by 2steppress
First prototype, still very far from complete, for The Bloody Bad Art Collective's Eerie and Haunting Zine!
Cover printed by Press Operator, Ben Iluzada with Speedball glow in the dark ink.
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Earlier this month, artist/printer Rebecca Gilbert came an gave a talk to the Maryland Institute College of Art's Printmaking students about her process in the creation of reduction woodcuts, and multi-block printing. She then followed up by doing an in depth demonstration of registration.
This past weekend, member's of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Printmaking Department attended the Robert Blackburn Symposium which was hosted by the David C. Driskell Center and University of Maryland University College. We ran into benjaminllevy and rndeditions while there, along with many many amazing people, and got to hear many influential people who either teach, direct, curate, or operate major institutions around the country!
And here we are, as promised! The final prints of our first collaboration with artist Lauren Anderson!
Two separate series, both "Untitled" with various mono-prints to accompany the main black and white edition.
Hand mounted linoleum cuts on Rives BFK. Printed with Graphic Chemical Inks. Printed in conjunction with 2.Step.Press. at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Bloody Bad Collective is happy to announce our FIRST project: a scary monster zine.
All submissions are due OCT. 24th! Black & White only, 300 DPI
More information can be found HERE
Please remember to include contact info with your submission, since every accepted participant will receive a FREE copy of the finished zine.
We will partnering with 2steppress in order to print the zines.
Hey everyone! Come check out/submit to The Bloody Bad Collective’s “Eerie & Haunting zine!”
2.Step.Press. will be publishing a limited edition screen-print run alongside a larger publication of regular zines! Come be a part of our first publication, and see your work in print!
Our very first project over here at 2.Step.Press.!
A collaboration with artist Lauren Anderson. More photos forth coming as soon as we can get good shots off the prints themselves!
2 individual linoleum blocks, (proofs/monoprints of one shown) printed on Rives BFK.
Prints printed with 2SP's founder/operator, Ben Iluzada, at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
In The Beginning
Hello All! this is the tumblr of the newly founded Baltimore-Based Print and Book Press, 2.Step.Press! Artists working with the press and projects completed with us will be coming online as soon as we can get the documentation digitized and ready to go! Stick around to see some amazing work by up and coming artists from around the Baltimore area!
-2SP
