Patchwerk Press Silkscreen Shop

I just took an intro silkscreening class here. It was pretty fun and educational. Our original teacher was out for some reason, but one of the founders’, Lucas, was there to sub in. He wasn’t prepared but he made the best of it. It was hilarious when he unintentionally made people laugh yet couldn’t make anyone laugh with intended jokes. Teaching is very much DIY or trial-​by-​error aka art punk ideology. The printing pasted up around the shop is very much in the same vein.
The shop is rather new in its current space. It’s like the size of a small bike shop and is located in a garage-​like complex that is fenced off by a barbed wire gate. To imagine the actual interior space, the class was limited to seven people max. The organization is all over the place and the cleanliness could be better, but it could definitely be worse. I’ve been to a lot of collective art spaces and this is not the worst I’ve seen.
Silkscreening is easier than I thought; although, it does consist of a lot of prep work and nitty gritty detail work. You can become a member of Patchwerk to be allowed to use their equipment. To do so one needs to take four individual classes, each of which run $ 25, as well as pass a test. The members seem very chill so I don’t think it would be that difficult.