Letterpress Core: Floor Model Platen Press
June 21st, 2014 9:30 AM
- Instructor: Lisa Rappoport
- Workshop Extra: Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
- Workshop Type: Printing
- Workshop Status: Closed
- Workshop Start: June 21st, 2014 9:30 AM
- Workshop End: June 22nd, 2014 5:30 PM
- Sessions: 2
Want to print on oddly shaped paper or unusually thick stock such as pulp coasters? Try out SFCB’s C&P floor-model platen press. In many ways more challenging to use than a Vandercook proof press, this treadle-run or motorized press can produce larger editions in less time. This two-session class will tackle issues specific to printing on a platen press: chase lockup, paper feeding, packing, registration, and using photopolymer plates. It will also investigate issues such as feeding paper consistently, adjusting the platen, preparing makeready, printing on thick paper, scoring paper, and using a creasing matrix.
The Letterpress Core: Floor-Model Platen Press workshop qualifies participants to rent time on SFCB's C&P floor model.
Materials to bring: None
Workshop + Materials Fee: $350
About the Instructor | Lisa Rappoport
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 Squaw Valley Community of Writers; she has also printed poetry broadsides for Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books, Lyric Poetry Review, and many others (last but not least, the Poets Pulling Prints series of the SFCB). Her poetry has appeared in 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. 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 athttp://littoralpress.com
Past Student Reviews
“Lisa was Fantastic! Fun, friendly and very educational. I would recommend her to anyone taking this class”
“Lisa is a phenomenal instructor”
“Lisa is an extremely knowledgeable instructor who did a great job balancing lecture and hands on, as well as one-on-one”
“Lisa was so wonderful and so patient in going over steps many times. She gave great tips on troubleshooting press issues”