Letterpress Printing – Intensive

July 13 – 21, 2013  (8 days) S, Su ,M (Tues off) W ,Th ,F ,S and Su 10 am – 5 pm

Instructors: Ele Annand, Laurie Corral and Jessica White $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
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Letterpress Printing I- Basics

August 9-11, 2013 Friday – Sunday : 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Frank Brannon Cost: $347 (includes a $25 studio fee to cover inks, solvents and other expendable supplies

needed for printing and contributes to maintenance of the presses and paper cutters)

This three-day class will explore the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting, including type composition, mixing ink, press set-up, and printing on the Vandercook Proof Press. Students
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Photopolymer for Letterpress

September 21 – 22, 2013 Saturday & Sunday, 10 – 5 PM

Instructors: Laurie Corral and Philip Bell Cost: $252 (includes a $35 studio and materials fee)

Description: Printing from photopolymer plates is an ideal blend of old and new technology for letterpress printing. The printer is free to let their creativity run wild by converting any image they like into a letterpress ready plate. You can also make a strong impression when printing from polymer, without the worry of crushing valuable lead or
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Getting Your Words Out

October 19 & 20, 2013 Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM

Instructor: Lauren Faulkenberry Cost: $247 (including a $30 materials fee)

Description: Part writing workshop and part printing workshop, this course invites students to produce print projects that center on their own writing. We will start by generating text and discussing how to draw the reader in. We’ll look at ways to craft language and hone our storytelling abilities to make our words resonate with readers. We’ll move on to image making,
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