Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

This style, also known as Ledger Binding, is the quintessential Victorian book structure.

Back by popular demand! A second session of this clever take on the standard clamshell box that can be easily reproduced at home.

This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding.

This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding.

In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding.

In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding.

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair.

Straight out of a 1970s Italian phone booth, this 360-degree flexible binding offers many advantages because it bends and does not break.

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

Learn how to construct a unique hardcover journal with lay-flat pages, perfect for note-taking or sketching.

Now that you've completed the Cylinder Core series, you can become certified on the Jobbing Platen, a true workhorse of the letterpress printing world. Learn the ins-and-outs of this press that's great for large editions.

Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type while printing your own cards.

Build your letterpress skills: learn advanced justification, typesetting, and composition. Put it all together to print a broadside of your own design.

Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster!

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to move quickly through the press basics while also addressing relief printing in general. After this class students are qualified to rent press time as well as move on to more advanced classes and techniques.

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

Learn how to properly maintain a hand-fed Cylinder Proof Press, as well as how to adjust it so that it prints beautifully.

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

Print illustrations like it's 1789! Learn to engrave a wood block for reproduction via letterpress or hand inking.