Advanced Letterpress Production Printing offers students with experience in letterpress and polymer plate making the chance to take their skills to the next level. This workshop uses both the platen presses and the Vandercook cylinder presses and covers many topics specific to printing with photopolymer plates. Subjects to be discussed include design strategies for good printing, photopolymer plate setup and production, letterpress resources, and press maintenance. Students will work with the instructor to design a project for production within provided guidelines.

Prerequisites: Letterpress Printing on a Vandercook Cylinder Press or Floor Model Platen Press or Tabletop Platen Press AND Photopolymer Plate Making Lab

Materials to bring: None

Workshop + Materials Fee: $325 

Date + Time: 

Wednesdays, June 18, 25, 2014 | 6:30-9:30pm AND

Saturday, June 28, 2014 | 9:30am-5:30pm 

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

Note: Please read the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class

About the Instructor | Thea Sizemore

Thea Sizemore has been a practicing artist for over 15 years focusing primarily on printmaking, bookarts, and illustration. As an east coast native, she has studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the California College of the Arts (where she received a BFA in printmaking with emphasis on bookarts). Her personal work tends to revolve around mixed media hand-bound book forms. Thea is also the founder and printer of Kavamore Press, a custom letterpress and design studio in West Oakland. In addition to private clients, Thea works with various SF Bay Area artists to create ephemera for projects. Recent projects include a Futurefarmers book produced for the Guggenheim and a collaboration with artist Libby Black for the SFMOMA. To read more visit http://www.kavamorepress.com/.

"Very enthusiastic, transmitted passion and knowledge on the subject. Liked very much her ideas and suggestions to the work I was doing"