Make a small book of your own poems or prose. You will either have a small book in edition of twenty copies, or a layout and good beginning to a longer work. We will work with layout, choice of text type and titling, cover design, components book, e.g. half title, title page, text pages, colophon, and optional dedication, foreword, afterword, intro, index etc. Fine points of setting will be covered. Review of press mechanics, packing, roller height etc. Learn how to print with dampened paper and why. Class will begin with a 30 minute lecture/demo everyday and the final day will be devoted to bookbinding. Students will learn aspects of what goes into producing a small chapbook, including choice of paper, grain, page fit.

Materials to Bring: Students will bring in 5 pages of text, each page line no longer than 5 inches wide ,20 lines long per page max. Instructor requires viewing project before class begins

Workshop + Materials Fee: $700.00

Date & Time: Monday-Friday, March 9-13, 2015 | 9:30am-5:30pm

Location: This workshop will take place at 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

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

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Mary Laird

Mary Laird, MFA University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been printing letterpress as Quelquefois Press since 1969. Mary loves to tutor projects at SFCB. See a video of Mary Laird here.

Past Student Reviews

"I was intimidated by letterpress at first, but Mary changed all of that. She is dedicated to making sure her students succeed all while having an amazing (and hilarious) time."

"Mary is so charmingly enthusiastic and supportive it makes everything fly beautifully!"

"Mary was a delight; informative, welcoming, and obviously skilled in her discipline."