Printing

Our printing curriculum is designed to introduce the fundamentals of letterpress printing, get you printing on your own and present recent technologies and alternative techniques for producing images and text on paper.

Workshops: Printing

Title Instructor Summary Status
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: April 28, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: May 19, 2013, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

This series of workshops covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Students will have the opportunity to work on independent and collaborative projects.

Closed
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 3
Start: May 8, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: May 18, 2013, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

After taking Letterpress Printing on a Vandercook Cylinder Press and Photopolymer Platemaking Lab, take Advanced Letterpress Production Printing to learn the essential skills for creating professional-quality editions of your work. This workshop uses both the platen presses and the Vandercook cylinder presses and covers many topics specific to printing with photopolymer plates. Students will work with the instructor to design a project for production within provided guidelines.

Closed
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: May 21, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: May 21, 2013, 9:30 PM
Rocket Caleshu

Learn how to make detailed, high-quality photopolymer plates from digital files and film for letterpress printing.

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Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: May 22, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: May 29, 2013, 9:30 PM
Lara Durback

Print a variety of notebook covers on the Vandercook using type and collagraphs made from found items, and then bind notebooks as a class.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: May 23, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: May 23, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: May 26, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: May 26, 2013, 5:30 PM
James Tucker

Make your own gorgeous letterpress greeting cards under the tutelage of a professional printman.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: May 28, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: May 28, 2013, 9:30 PM
Rocket Caleshu

Become acquainted with the world of letterpress by pulling prints off both a Vandercook cylinder press and a tabletop platen press.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: May 30, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: May 30, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: May 31, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: May 31, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

Make a limited-edition chapbook with master printer Mary Risala Laird in this beginning-level letterpress workshop that has been a staple of the SFCB curriculum for fifteen years.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: June 1, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: June 3, 2013, 5:00 PM
Macy Chadwick

Create a luscious, layered image with a combination of pressure printing, relief printing, and printing with polymer plates.

Open
Printing, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: June 2, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: June 2, 2013, 5:30 PM
Courtney Cerruti

Discover the unpredictable and rewarding craft of collagraph, a technique that uses collaged natural and found materials to construct a plate for printing on an etching press. Also, foray into gelatin plate making with botanicals for a different take on imprinting with organic textures.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 9
Start: June 3, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 5, 2013, 10:00 PM
Leigh McLellan

This series of workshops covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Students will have the opportunity to work on independent and collaborative projects.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: June 4, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: June 4, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 5
Start: June 7, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: June 14, 2013, 6:00 PM
Marsha Shaw

Learn screen printing in this intensive, five-day workshop taught at Mission Grafica in the historic Mission District.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: June 8, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: June 15, 2013, 6:00 PM
Paula Gloistein

Learn to print on a press small enough to fit into almost any studio! This workshop is ideal for beginners, especially those interested in printing cards and invitations.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: June 9, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: June 16, 2013, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Learn the fundamentals of printing on an antique C&P platen press. Increase production and print on oddly shaped and thick papers, such as coaster stock.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: June 11, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: June 11, 2013, 9:30 PM
Meredith Hudson

Become acquainted with the world of letterpress by pulling prints off both a Vandercook cylinder press and a tabletop platen press.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: June 12, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: June 12, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: June 13, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: June 13, 2013, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: June 16, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: June 16, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

A refresher for those who’ve taken a few printing classes, this lively daylong workshop will help hesitant letterpress students renew their confidence and get to printing.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: June 17, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: June 21, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

This series of workshops covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Students will have the opportunity to work on independent and collaborative projects.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: June 18, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: June 18, 2013, 9:30 PM
James Tucker

Learn how to make detailed, high-quality photopolymer plates from digital files and film for letterpress printing.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: June 20, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: June 27, 2013, 9:30 PM
Lara Durback

Make letterpress CD sleeves with a vintage flavor, using wood type on the Vandercook cylinder press.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: June 22, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: July 20, 2013, 10:00 PM
Paula Gloistein

This series of workshops covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Students will have the opportunity to work on independent and collaborative projects.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 5
Start: June 24, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: June 28, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

This weeklong letterpress intensive for high schoolers culminates in the creation of a book of students’ original writing.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: June 26, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: June 26, 2013, 9:30 PM
Rhiannon Alpers

Become acquainted with the world of letterpress by pulling prints off both a Vandercook cylinder press and a tabletop platen press.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: July 2, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: July 2, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: July 10, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: July 10, 2013, 9:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

Gain exposure to letterpress and typesetting while making personalized note-card stationery.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: July 12, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: July 12, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: July 14, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: July 21, 2013, 6:00 PM
grendl löfkvist

Design and create a multiblock, three-color linocut print in this daylong class for beginners.

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Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: July 16, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: July 16, 2013, 10:00 PM

OpenStudio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: July 18, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: July 18, 2013, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Discover how to dampen paper, use bearers, and finesse rubber- and oil-based inks on Vandercook and platen presses for better ink coverage and control.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: July 25, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: July 25, 2013, 9:30 PM
Adam Ewing

Become acquainted with the world of letterpress by pulling prints off both a Vandercook cylinder press and a tabletop platen press.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: July 29, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: August 2, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

This weeklong workshop covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Learn from Master Printer Mary Laird adn work on independent and collaborative projects.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: July 31, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: July 31, 2013, 9:30 PM
Rocket Caleshu

Learn how to make detailed, high-quality photopolymer plates from digital files and film for letterpress printing.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: August 3, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: August 10, 2013, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Learn to print on a press small enough to fit into almost any studio! This workshop is ideal for beginners, especially those interested in printing cards and invitations.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: August 4, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: August 25, 2013, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

This series of workshops covers typesetting and printing on a Vandercook cylinder press with metal type, wood type, and photopolymer plates. Students will have the opportunity to work on independent and collaborative projects.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: August 6, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 6, 2013, 9:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

Imagine networking with handmade letterpress business cards! Take this beginning-level class and walk away with letterpress skills and a handful of attractive business cards.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: August 7, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 14, 2013, 9:30 PM
Lara Durback

Print a variety of notebook covers on the Vandercook using type and collagraphs made from found items, and then bind notebooks as a class.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: August 8, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: August 8, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: August 12, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: August 12, 2013, 5:30 PM
Mary Laird

Make a limited-edition chapbook with master printer Mary Risala Laird in this beginning-level letterpress workshop that has been a staple of the SFCB curriculum for fifteen years.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 5
Start: August 16, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: August 23, 2013, 6:00 PM
Marsha Shaw

Gain the tools to screen print textiles at a semiprofessional level in this five-day intensive at Mission Grafica.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: August 16, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: August 16, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: August 17, 2013, 9:30 AM
End: August 24, 2013, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Learn the fundamentals of printing on an antique C&P platen press. Increase production and print on oddly shaped and thick papers, such as coaster stock.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 3
Start: August 20, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 31, 2013, 5:30 PM
James Tucker

After taking Letterpress Printing on a Vandercook Cylinder Press and the Photopolymer Plate Making Lab, take Advanced Letterpress Production Printing to learn the essential skills for creating professional-quality editions on both the platen press and the Vandercook cylinder press.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: August 21, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: August 21, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: August 26, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 26, 2013, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Learn how to maintain your floor model platen press; get tips on troubleshooting and basic repair.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: August 28, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 28, 2013, 9:30 PM
Rocket Caleshu

Become acquainted with the world of letterpress by pulling prints off both a Vandercook cylinder press and a tabletop platen press.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: August 29, 2013, 6:30 PM
End: August 29, 2013, 9:30 PM
Meredith Hudson

Learn how to make detailed, high-quality photopolymer plates from digital files and film for letterpress printing.

Open
Binding, Printing Open Print Studio
Sessions: 1
Start: August 30, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: August 30, 2013, 10:00 PM

Open Studio is a great way to print or bind your own projects. A trained and qualified volunteer is always on hand to answer questions.

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