May 28, 2011 new
Saturday, 9 – 4 PM
$123, includes a $20 materials fee
Instructor: Jessica Peterson

How can paper become an integral part of your book? Moving beyond paper as a simple substrate for text and image, this workshop will explore how to use paper as a fundamental component of your book’s content and narrative. We will experiment with pulp painting techniques and inclusions in handmade paper, as well as different techniques to add texture and color to dry paper, both commercial and handmade.

Please bring: a variety of printmaking and art papers, pigments such as watercolors, gouche and paint, colored pencils and inks.

May 27, 28, 29,  2011
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 – 5 PM
$303 + $30 materials fee

Instructor: Celia Gray

In this 3-day workshop, we will lay the foundation for an encaustic painting practice.  We will begin with the basics of this ancient technique of painting with pigmented beeswax, including tools and safety, making the encaustic medium and paints, and fusing layers.  We will go on to explore the many ways to create imagery and texture by carving, incising, scraping, collaging, transferring and using gold leaf.  From there we will delve into 3-D possibilities including low and high relief, and mold making and casting using silicone and plaster.  There will be demonstrations, discussion of historical and contemporary works, lots of work time and exploration, and plenty of time to learn from each other’s results.  All levels welcome.

May 19, 20, 21, 22, 2011
Thursday – Sunday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hour lunch break)
Prerequisite: Letterpress Printing 1 or equivalent
$393 – A $20 studio fee is included that covers inks, solvents and other supplies needed for printing, also contributes to maintenance of the presses and paper cutters.

Instructor: Frank Brannon

The goal of this class is to increase participant’s familiarity and experience with letterpress printing. Each student will produce a single signature, pamphlet stitched book, or a broadside, using a text and theme of their choosing. We will focus on topics such as letterpress project planning, imposition, multiple run registration and developing participant’s letterpress printing skills. We will also explore printmaking techniques using the Vandercook press, e.g., linoleum block cuts for illustrative purposes. The final result of this class will be the completion of a full letterpress printed project and development of the skills needed to print independently.

Please bring the following items:

• Pencil
• Notebook
• Project ideas/text
• Paper – will not be needed for first class, purchased after discussion of project

Parfait 3, Emily Larned, a.k.a. Red Charming

May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 new class
Tuesdays 6:00-9:00 pm
$203 + materials fee

Instructor: Bridget Elmer
This multi-evening course is an opportunity to explore a form that pushes the boundaries of the book into empowering, ephemeral territory. Emily Larned, a zinester and historian of the form, defines the zine as “a self-published, photocopied, amateur magazine… derived from its ‘fanzine’ predecessors of the 1930s sci-fi and 1970s punk rock subcultures.” In this class, we will survey a collection of zines from a variety of genres as we move through the structures and processes that facilitate this empowering form. As we brainstorm content, we will learn several potential zine structures and explore printing processes including photocopying, silkscreen and digital printing. The class will culminate for each student with the completion of a zine, self-published and produced in multiple for immediate distribution. Emily will join us for our final class as a visiting instructor, an opportunity which will coincide with her installation of a zine exhibition and gallery talk at BookWorks. We will explore distribution possibilities for our finished works, and upon completion of the class, each student will have the opportunity to include a copy of their zine in the exhibition.

April 29, 30, May 1, 2011 new class
Friday, Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am-4:00 pm
$303 + materials fee

Instructor – Bridget Elmer

This class will explore the possibilities for thinking through the book with code. Students will be introduced to Processing, “an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work.” http://www.processing.org/ Using Processing, we will generate imagery for a collaborative book edition, which we will print on the letterpress using photopolymer plates and handset type. Students will leave this three-day class with introductory knowledge of Processing, typesetting, letterpress printing and book binding. In addition, each student will walk away with multiple copies of our finished, collaboratively produced book. No experience necessary!