Print Center New York hosts a block carving and Turkish coffee workshop August 22
Print Center New York hosts a Turkish coffee and linoleum block carving workshop led by artist Melih Meriç on August 22, with limited capacity and registration required.
Print Center New York hosts a block carving and Turkish coffee workshop August 22
Print Center New York hosts a Turkish coffee and linoleum block carving workshop led by artist Melih Meriç on August 22, with limited capacity and registration required.
On August 22, Print Center New York closes out its New Voices: Design exhibition with a workshop on Turkish coffee and linoleum block carving. From 2 to 4 p.m., artist Melih Meriç leads the session. You brew coffee in traditional copper pots, then carve repeating patterns into linoleum blocks that you take home to print. The venue is Print Center New York at 535 West 24th Street in Chelsea, and space is capped, so it is not a walk-in.
Meriç brews the coffee in copper pots that carry hand-engraved ornaments, then talks through the cultural significance of pattern. After that, you learn to draw and carve repeating patterns into linoleum blocks. You keep the blocks and can print with them at home.
That evening, from 6 to 8 p.m., artist Michael Menchaca presents a screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed , the 1926 film directed by Lotte Reiniger that is the first…
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