San Francisco Center for the Book

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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