June 22-24, 2012 Fri 6-9, Sat 9-5, Sun 9-5

Instructor: Bridget Elmer $271 (includes fee for shared supplies.)

Description: The third in a series of boxmaking workshops, this class will use Ikegami’s classic text Japanese Bookbinding as a point of departure. We will explore the primary Japanese-style wraparound case (maru chitsu), which serves as a foundational structure for all other Japanese-style cases. Students will learn a progression of steps that culminate in a custom enclosure for a book or a collection
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June 26-30, 2012 Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM – 4 PM

Instructor:  Johanna Smick Cost: $617  (includes $85 materials fee) Note: Registration ends on 6/12/2012

Description: This structure was developed during the middle ages and continued through the 15th C. In this five day class we will be making a thick book with solid oak covers and a goatskin leather spine. We will using traditional sewing as seen in the hybrid bindings class. While including decorative end bands that are both
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July 14 & 15, 2012 Sat and Sun, 9 – 5 PM

Instructor: Karen Hanmer Cost: $ 295 (includes $55 supply fee, instructor will provide all the materials needed, including leather, rough cut to approximate size)

6 students minimum / 10 max for this class

Description: The nineteenth century Springback Binding with its enthusiastic opening is ideal for journals, guest books, sketchbooks, or any application where it is desirable that the book open flat, and then some. The book both opens and closes with satisfying
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July 21-29, 2012  (8 days) S, Su ,M (Tues off) W ,Th ,F ,S and Su 10 am – 5 pm

Instructors: Jessica White, Laurie Corral and Bridget Elmer $823 (includes a $50 materials fee for ink, solvents and equipment maintenance.)

Description: Three incredible instructors have teamed up and put together a letterpress intensive for students who want to move forward quickly in a letterpress practice and are interested in working independently in the BookWorks letterpress studio.

The first session will explore
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August 6 & 7, 2012 Monday and Tuesday, 10-4 pm

Instructor: Kseniya Thomas Cost: $237 (includes materials fee)

Description: Platens once ruled the letterpress world, and they may yet again as Vandercooks become more scarce and sought-after. Platens, in all their hundreds of varieties, are simple and efficient machines capable of tight registration, 1000 impressions an hour, and fine printing as well as just-fine printing. Come learn their ins and outs with decade-long-platen-press lover Kseniya Thomas, owner of Thomas-Printers and co-director of Ladies of
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