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    FEATURED WORKSHOPS

    Tabletop Platen Press Maintenance
    with Alan Hillesheim

    Thursday, June 13/ 6:30 – 9:30pm

    Learn to maintain your clamshell press; get tips on troubleshooting and basic repair.

     

    Miniature Watercolor Sketchbook with Magnetic Closure
    with Judith Serebrin

    Sunday, June 16/ 9:30am – 5:30pm

    Create a little watercolor paper sketchbook with an exposed-sewn binding and a magnetic flap used to close the book on the open end. Learn design and watercolor techniques for decorating the book.

     

     

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  • Events and Exhibitions
     

    Johanna Drucker Exhibitions

    May 24 – August 24, 2013
     
     
    Tuesday, June 25/ 6:00 – 8:00pm
    The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is the only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type.
     
    Friday, July 19/ 6:00 – 8:00pm
    Following tradition, visiting Master Bookbinders, Michael Burke and Dominic Riley, will lecture about book structures both old and new.
     
     

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