Workshop Fee (includes materials fee): $190
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There are many variations on the single-page folded book. The "maze book" structure taught in this workshop is intriguing because it appears to be a standard codex, but when unfolded, it is revealed to be a single page with a center cut.

Students will work collaboratively to design a book consisting of images and text, and learn the basics of typesetting and printing on the Vandercook proof press. Other skills will include how to use a book dummy to arrive at the correct imposition of type and/or images, and possibly working with a second ink color if time permits.

At the end of the day, students will fold the books and take home a small stack of their collaborative edition.

This class is open to novice printers as well as those with experience who are interested in learning more about layout, how to choose a paper, and ink considerations.

>> Prerequisite: None. <<

Materials to Bring: None, all tools and materials will be provided.

Date & Time: Sunday, April 6, 2025 :: 9:30am-5:30pm

Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

NOTE: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. Registration will close approximately three days prior to the start date of the workshop to allow the instructor time to prep materials for class. We recommend you not wait to register, as workshops that don't meet our minimum enrollment will be canceled, sometimes as much as a week in advance.
 

About the Instructor | Lisa Rappoport (she/her)

Lisa Rappoport publishes poetry broadsides and artists' books under the imprint Littoral Press. Since 1998 she has produced a series of broadsides by the poets who teach at the Community of Writers; she has also printed poetry broadsides for Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books, the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, the Northern California Book Awards, and many others (last but not least, the Poets Pulling Prints series of the SFCB). Her poetry has appeared in Nostos, Five Fingers Review, Literal Latte, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 1998 Icarus Poetry Competition and the recipient of a poetry residency at Centrum. Her poetry collection Penumbra was published by Longship Press in 2019. Her book The Short Goodbye received the Alastair Johnston Fine Press Award and was a runner-up in the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design. Lisa has taught at the New College in San Francisco, at a middle school in Lafayette, and in her own studio. Her work has been displayed nationally and is in collections throughout the U.S. You can visit her website at littoralpress.com

Past Student Reviews:

"Lisa is amazingly skilled and talented, but is also quite clear and simple in introducing concepts, techniques and the mechanics or printing- it is really exciting to work with her."

“Lisa was great at giving us both practical knowledge of the Vandercook press and allowing us to have flexibility and time to figure things out. I appreciated her instruction and the structure of the class.” 

“Lisa was so awesome. She explained processes with clarity and elegance, which can be hard to with the Vandercook (because the skill set is so technical). I would love to study more with Lisa.”