Learn how to successfully print on bookcloth using wood type, cuts or polymer plates on a Vandercook press to print the cover for a hardcover journal, then learn the ins-and-outs of preparing and adhering the bookcloth to the cover, and take home a personalized hardcover journal. 

Printing on bookcloth is not so different from printing on paper; this class will teach you how to print well on bookcloth, but more importantly, it will teach you how to think through registering a 3-dimensional piece and how to execute the piece in practice.  This is a great class for printers wanting to branch out into binding.   Some letterpress experience is required for this course.  No binding experience is required.

Students may bring in a polymer plate of their own design to print on the cover if they like --- it should be one-color, and no larger than  4” x 4”.

 Materials to Bring: If desired, students can bring a polymer plate of their own design, one-color, no larger than 

Workshop Fee: $180.00

Date & Time: Sunday, February 22, 2015 | 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 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Annemarie Munn

Annemarie is co-founder of Ladybones Print Collective, a community-based print shop dedicating to forming and strengthing connections between printers, artists, writers, musicians, and others.  After spending several years learning printing and book arts from a number of great teachers in San Francisco, she spent many moons managing a production bindery facility in the Dogpatch, which she has now left behind in order to print full time.  She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Book Arts, and loves bluegrass.