Introduction to Letterpress Printing
March 9th, 2016 6:30 PM
- Instructor: Lara Durback
- Workshop Type: Printing
- Workshop Status: Closed
- Workshop Start: March 9th, 2016 6:30 PM
- Workshop End: March 9th, 2016 9:30 PM
- Sessions: 1
If you have heard about letterpress but are not really sure what it is or how it works, this class will allow you to peer inside the rich history and engaging techniques of letterpress printing. This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. Participants will learn the basics of setting type using SFCB’s vast collection of lead type and decorative ornaments as well as inking, locking up and pulling a print.
Materials to bring: None
Workshop + Materials Fee: $65.00
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Note: Please review our Registration Policies before signing up for a class. If you are registering within 3 days of the start date for this class, please call 415-565-0545 ex.105 to complete your registration
About the Instructor | Lara Durback
Lara Durback teaches letterpress classes that integrate the use of foraged materials at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She has worked as the Studio Director of the Book Art Studio at Mills College. She especially enjoys fixing Vandercooks. Lara taught a letterpress course at Naropa University's Summer Writing Program, and gave a talk on printing at SFMOMA's Shop Talk series. You can see her printing and/or writing work in Drift Magazine, Mrs. Maybe, Bombay Gin, the UK journal Hi Zero, and The Artist's Book Yearbook 2012-13, Tripwire, and her archiving work at www.deepoakland.org. In 2013, with designer Andrew Kenower, she produced the letterpress publication Field Work: Poems on the Occasion of Mark diSuvero at Crissy Field for SFMOMA. She is a founding member of the new press collective Material Print Machine at the Omni Commons in Oakland https://omnicommons.org/
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States