Printing

Our printing curriculum is designed to introduce the fundamentals of letterpress printing, get you printing on your own and present recent technologies and alternative techniques for producing images and text on paper.

Workshops: Printing
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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 10, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 10, 2023, 5:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

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

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, June 16, 2023, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to quickly learn letterpress basics and become certified to rent studio time.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 17, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 17, 2023, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

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

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, June 22, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, June 22, 2023, 9:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

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

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 25, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 25, 2023, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

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

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Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, July 1, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, July 2, 2023, 3:00 PM
Patricia Wakida

Students with linocut experience will take things to the next level with multiple blocks and colors.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 9:00 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, July 8, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, July 8, 2023, 5:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

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

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Printing, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 9, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 9, 2023, 5:30 PM
Meri Brin

This class introduces Monotype, the only printmaking technique where the end result is a single unique print. Students will experiment and explore this technique while printing on a Vandercook press.

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Printing
Sessions: 4
Start: Saturday, July 15, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 16, 2023, 5:30 PM
Rebecca Chamlee

This hybrid online/in person workshop will teach experienced letterpress printers to prepare digital files and print 4-color process images with tight registration.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 20, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, July 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Robin Weinert

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

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Printing, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 23, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, July 23, 2023, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 30, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 30, 2023, 5:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

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.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, August 3, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, August 3, 2023, 9:00 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Discover how to dampen paper, use bearers, and finesse rubber-and oil-based inks on Cylinder and Jobbing Platen Presses for better ink coverage and control.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, August 11, 2023, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to quickly learn letterpress basics and become certified to rent studio time.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, August 12, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, August 12, 2023, 5:30 PM
Robin Weinert

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.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, August 17, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, August 17, 2023, 9:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

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

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Printing Core Curriculum
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 19, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 20, 2023, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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.

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