North Bay Letterpress Arts

10/13/2026

Did you know? We are on a mission to *Fill the Case* before December 31st!

We also have a donor pledging a dollar-for dollar match up to $1,000 for any donations made by October 31 👻

Donate today:

Become a supporting member of North Bay Letterpress Arts

10/08/2026

North Bay Letterpress Arts is thrilled to invite you to experience 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 on Friday November 6th at 6:00pm!

Tim Hunt and Pat Nolan are both American poets, authors, and literary figures associated with independent publishing, mid-century literary scholarship, and the West Coast poetry scene.

They share a distinct connection through their work on American literature, particularly the Beat Generation, and have actively supported each other's literary endeavors.

🍷 Light refreshments, including Pax Wines, and fantastic poetry served in equal measure

📜 Beautiful letterpress broadsides of poets' work available with a donation to NBLA

Please join us! Seating is limited, so please use our website to reserve your seats: https://www.northbayletterpressarts.org/events-calendar/2026-tim-hunt

10/04/2026

A fitting caption for the California weather this week🔥

10/03/2026

CALENDAR UPDATE! 🦃 all of our 2027 monthly calendar pages have been printed!

We are binding them together in the next few weeks, after which we will ship them out or save for you to pick up at the printshop! You can pre-order a copy on our website, through the link in our bio🧡🩷

10/02/2026

09/28/2026

Last call for this Saturday's Introduction to Letterpress workshop with ! Only 2 spots remain.

In this class you get to know the iron hand press and the Vandercook SP15. You’ll lock up with magnets and quoins, use brayers and the press rollers to experiment with inking, and play with wood and metal type…not a bad way to spend a Saturday, if you ask us!

Secure your spot: https://www.northbayletterpressarts.org/for-sale/2026-intro-letterpress

09/25/2026

Amongst the busying of the season — the calendar fundraising and workshop planning — our members are still hard at work printing their own projects.

and recently collaborated on this beautiful broadside, using hand-carved linoleum and hand-set type (specifically: Caslon 14pt, 12pt, and 10pt).

We love the look of the ombré peach, echoing the image of “lanterns / lighting the way toward hope” in Tom’s orchard within the poem 🍑

09/24/2026

Go ⋆˚꩜｡Off the Grid˙⋆✮ with Tiana Krahn this Autumn!

Step outside the margins and rethink how type lives on the page.

This experimental, 2 part letterpress workshop invites participants to break from traditional grids and explore expressive, unconventional approaches to setting and printing with movable type.

DATE AND TIME
Saturday, October 10, 10am-3pm
Sunday October 11, 10am - 1pm

Sign up on our website!

09/24/2026

THE ART OF PASTE PAPER
with Bettina Pauly
*3 spots remain

Sunday, October 25th
10:00am - 3:00pm

Paste paper is one of the oldest decorated papers used by bookbinders, and can be found in books that are centuries old. Hundreds of years ago (a tradition that continues today), bookbinders would sometimes use up their leftover bookbinding paste by adding pigment to the mixture and brushing it out on surfaces to make decorative papers used in bookbinding. They would make strokes or stipple patterns with a brush in the paste, or use tools to draw or comb designs in the paper and then let it dry.

One of the distinctive qualities of paste paper is the rich 3-dimensional patterns and designs. This is achieved because when the paste is first applied to the paper and a pattern is made, the paste is thick with peaks and valleys. As the paper dries, the paste is sucked flat into the paper, leaving a 3-dimensional pattern on a 2-dimensional surface.

During this workshop students will learn about the history of paste paper. Together we will look at different samples and use different kinds of paste and tools to create decorative paper. This fun class focuses on color blending, textures, and graphic design on paper for artistic use in a variety of book arts or collage-focused art projects. Anything but ordinary, this is a hands-on class where participants will create beautiful custom decorative papers by applying colored starch paste to paper and manipulating it with tools to create patterns. Students will learn different recipes for making paste, how to create tools for mark making, and each individual will take home a full suite of papers made in this single session.

This special workshop welcomes beginners, and artists of all levels. The instructor will offer guided instruction in a supportive learning environment with a limited class size. The class materials fee will include paper and all the tools needed to create each of these projects.

Please note that since the papers need to dry before they can be safely taken home, students should arrange a time for later pick-up from our studio.

Please bring a bagged lunch to class or plan to buy something nearby.