Cristopher Alday finishes Residency at the Cellar Press

MCAD's Assistant Director of Admissions, Cristopher Alday ’13, recently finished his two week residency at Cellar Press. His practice experiments with the very medium of printing, and how it can transform into a sculptural art form.

As Cristopher explains, “I really like letterforms as objects or shapes. I sometimes think about setting the type in the press bed as creating small, impermanent sculptures that I then print as evidence of that sculpture.” He does this by exploring the form of the paper itself, how it can be folded, cut and manipulated.

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• Crafting word sculptures
  (nujournal.com—July 2, 2026)