The Limited Edition
A print + bookmaking intensive at Drawing Room
Combine the ephemeral nature of printmaking with the storytelling abilities of a book.
A book is a sequence held between two covers. An edition is how one idea reaches many hands. When printmaking meets the book, every page becomes a decision and a record: what comes first, what earns the turn, what the reader is holding at the end. Each fold, stitch, and pull from the press is a small choice that shapes what someone else will feel, and each copy in the edition is slightly different from the last. Each is a record of the hands that made it.
Learn the craft of both print and binding, work through your ideas alongside a small cohort, and leave with editions of your own to share.
An 8-session journey to explore the art of sequential storytelling through printmaking and bookbinding.
We’ll learn to print limited edition art books of our own unique stories, from start to finish – design, print, assembling. We’ll dive deep into relief printing techniques, and learn to create and editions of hand-bound books.
Beginners will be guided through foundations; more experienced makers are invited to use techniques they know in a new framework to break habits and find their own voice. Shared with a group of up to 16 people.
Now Enrolling for Winter
“The Limited Edition”
4 installments of $230
(or $890 upfront)
8 weekly sessions. Mondays, 6:30pm-9:30pm, between Nov 23 to Jan 25 in our Williamsburg location.
Exact dates: Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Jan 25.
Enrollment closes 12pm on the day of the first session, or when the 16 available spots are all filled. Don’t wait to save your seat!
What we’ll cover in this intensive
What makes a book
We'll open with an intro to art books, zines, and the world of small press, where sequential storytelling meets printmaking. Then we'll walk through the book format together, look at what it can hold, and start sketching and planning your first book.
Coptic Stitch
We’ll be learning the coptic stitch method of bookbinding. A unique binding technique that will allow us to construct a hardcover book with several hand-printed pages.
Open Studio
A working session. Final assembling, refining, or catching up on anything you want to push further. Progress share at the top of the session.
The Group Zine
We close with a final critique: the group walks through everyone's books together and then collaborate on a group zine, one page per person, printed and bound before you leave. You go home with your own editions, a shared piece the room made together, and the practice to keep going.
Showcase at Drawing Room Night
We invite all intensive participants to showcase their works at our seasonal event, Drawing Room Night! Open to members, friends, and the public, it’s an opportunity to show off your work to a large, engaged audience. We’ll have food, drinks, and cake!
What we’ll explore
Printing Press
A printing press is a mechanical tool that evenly transfers ink from your plate to paper, creating crisp lines and rich textures that hand printing can’t always achieve. Turning the wheel and revealing a perfect impression is pure magic every time. Using the press connects you to centuries of artists and opens up new possibilities for depth, scale, and creative experimentation.
Bookbinding
We’re combining two mediums and practices to create our objects in this Journey. We’ll learn printmaking techniques, but also learn and refine our bookbinding skills to create unique, one-of-a-kind art objects.
Editioning
An edition is a set of identical prints taken from the same printing surfaces (referred to as a matrix). Editions can be limited, preserving the rarity of each print, or open, allowing the image to live on in new impressions. Editioning allows printmakers to distinguish their work from digital reproduction prints. Every print is both original and part of something larger.
Your Instructor
Angie’s (she/her) practice is rooted in process, repetition, and chance. She collects fleeting moments, unexpected textures, and visions of fantasy creatures to reflect memory in the tangible forms of traditional drawing, collage, print, zines, and books.
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What makes up an Intensive at Drawing Room?
Dive deeper and build confidence
While Intensives are still open-level and beginner-friendly, we dig deeper and push ourselves to gain confidence, practice, and see improvement.
Intensives are great for when you know you’re really interested in pushing yourself in a particular area. It’s an opportunity to actively create and discuss the philosophy of creativity—exploring how we can weave the practices into our daily lives with intention and purpose.
Unique program design at a great value
Each Intensive is designed with intention and care for the Drawing Room community by professional working artists that reflect their own practice.
We focus on learning and deepening new skills while also connecting with the group over food, drink, and conversation.
Recurring schedule and accountability
Intensives are recurring on the same day for 8 weeks, made up of the same group of up to 16 people.
Build connections with your classmates over the entire Intensive program, see each other grow, and hold yourself accountable to your commitments.
Drawing Room as your campus
Intensive enrollment includes the Creative Flow Membership, giving you access to the Art Library and Open Hours. Just show your digital member card to drop by anytime the space is open—whether to keep practicing, co-work, or connect with friends.
Get 15% off everything else with the membership, too.
Workshop materials and supplies
All materials and supplies needed for your workshops are provided on-site and you take home the pieces you create.
Depending on the intensive, you’ll also receive storage space or take-home kits to work on your projects between sessions!
Office Hours with Instructors
Intensive students and alumni have the ability to schedule time with Instructors to receive additional support, access to class equipment, and ask questions as you work on independent projects during Open Hours.
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FAQs
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Yes, of course!
If you are already a member with a payment method on file, please use the same exact email we have on file for your membership.
Since the Creative Flow Membership is included for all Journey participants, you’ll be prorated for any days not covered by the journey, and these days will be added back at the end of the journey. This means you will not be charged again until you’ve used all the days you’ve paid for last, before signing up for a journey. (Don’t worry, we do the math for you).
Please reach out to our team at info@nycdrawingroom.com with any questions, or for help enrolling
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If you aren’t able to make one of the dates, we offer weekly Office Hours that. our instructors host. You can swing by to get the lesson plan you missed and get caught up!
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Yes! We offer interest-free payment plans via Klarna. Simply select that option on the payment page.
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Intensive workshops are not open to the public and are exclusive to your group.
You can expect to see the familiar faces of your Intensive members in each of these classes, and you'll get first dibs and get to sign up for any future journeys at Drawing Room.
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All enrollments are final. Please double check your calendar.
However, if you find you are unable to join us for the program for whatever reason after booking, you can let us know at least 7 days before the first session to get credits for a future program date. The credits cannot be individually transferred to events, they must be used in one go for the same program at a future date.
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Absolutely!
There’s so much to learn each time you participate in an Intensive, and they’re open level, so you are encouraged to work with the instructors to push yourself.
Plus, each Intensive is a new opportunity to make new friends and share an experience with a tight knit group of people!
If after an Intensive (or two) you find you’re ready to explore other mediums or want to dive deep into another medium, you can explore our other journeys – you’ll get first dibs!
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We’d recommend you take them one at a time! Each of our journeys are designed to be a comprehensive experience. While participating in multiple (Cohort Program AND an Intensive, for example) is not impossible, you may find yourself at Drawing Room a LOT!! Which, we’d love, but may be intense!
For context, through the Cohort Program you can expect to be at Drawing Room and average of 1-2 times per week, and the Intensive is an average of once per week.