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Pasta Machine Printing
Make drypoint prints using a pasta machine as a press in this printmaking workshop with Bay Area artist Bettina Pauly.
program overview
Join guest Bay Area artist, Bettina Pauly in a special one-day workshop in learning how to use different materials to create a printmaking plate for a pasta machine using water soluble etching inks. Create your own prints using a pasta machine as a press!
Learn how to revive your manual hand crank pasta maker to make small drypoint fine line prints.
This popular technique uses the pressure that normally rolls out pasta dough to print artwork instead! Students will engage with milk cartons, Tetra Paks, and Akua plate material. Learn how to properly ink up the plate, add packing to the pasta maker for the perfect impression, and pull prints to make a small format 4 x 6 edition that can be produced multiple times. The instructor will demonstrate how easy it is to use and clean a pasta machine so using it for pasta AND printing can be an option. Prints will be made using a drypoint needle and a cutting knife, and will be printed on Rives BFK paper with oil-based etching inks. This will be a day of fun experimentation in printmaking!
The materials fee includes; drypoint needle, chipboard, felt and printing papers that students will be able to take home to continue making prints on their own pasta machines.
Please note: This class requires some hand dexterity to maneuver the etching tools and pasta machine. Participants should feel comfortable using tools with sharp edges.
instructor Overview
Bettina Pauly
Bettina Pauly was trained as a professional chef, then worked as a head server throughout Europe before she received a B.A. in Hotel-Economy from Hotel Management School in Heidelberg, Germany. After coming to the U.S. and working in hospitality, she went back to school and studied at the Academy of Art University San Francisco in the Fine Arts and Letterpress program under Chris Rolik, Dorothy Yule and Macy Chadwick. Bettina has also worked with Kim Vanderheiden at Painted Tongue Studios in Oakland, California, as a letterpress printer. She is very experienced with Heidelberg Windmill and Vandercook Press Machines. She has taught book arts and letterpress classes throughout the Bay Area at the Academy of Art, the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, and at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Her award winning work has been presented in national and international collections and galleries including library collections at: St John’s/Saint Benedict College Minnesota, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Denver, University of Colorado, San Jose State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Nebraska.
Bettina loves books and boxes both as physical objects and as containers of meaning. She is interested in a variety of folded, sewn and woven structures in which she can incorporate her printing. Bettina now lives in Sebastopol and is excited to work in her own studio space as well as starting to teach classes in West Sonoma County.
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Saturday, August 1, 2026
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, August 1, 2026 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Experience Level
All-Levels, Beginning, Intermediate and AdvancedAge(s)
18-overRegistration Cost:
$110
Materials Fee:
$25
Total Registration Cost:
$135
