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
Type Title Instructor Summary Status
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

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.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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.

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Printing, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 5:30 PM
Patricia Wakida

Design and print your own t-shirt and kitchen tea towel designs using speedy carve blocks (the "pink stuff"), which is an easy alternative to hard linoleum.

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Printing
Sessions: 2
Start: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 9:00 PM
Grendl Löfkvist

Who needs Match.com? Combine your own linoleum block artwork with the Center's type to create extra-special love notes for your whole entourage of admirers.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 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: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 9:00 PM
Brian Lieske

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, February 9, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 9, 2025, 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
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:30 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
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, February 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 16, 2025, 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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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 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
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 12:00 PM
End: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 5:00 PM
Brian Ferrett

Learn to print your own charming postcards on our small-format tabletop presses.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, March 7, 2025, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

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.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:30 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: 1
Start: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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: 1
Start: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 9:00 PM
Brian Lieske

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: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 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, April 17, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 9:00 PM
Madison Gordon

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: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

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: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Create a letterpress-printed one page wonder! Students will design and print a collaborative book while learning to set type and print on a cylinder press.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

This in-depth introduction to paper cutting will help you understand what to buy (and how much!) as well as how to plan for and safely trim your paper.

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