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, May 11, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, May 24, 2024, 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: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 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: 1
Start: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 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: 1
Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, August 10, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, August 10, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, August 3, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, August 3, 2024, 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: Sunday, May 12, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 12, 2024, 5:30 PM
Gino Robair

Looking to expand your letterpress skills? In this class, we will explore improvisatory ways of creating multicolor prints on the Vandercook without locking up typeforms on the press bed.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 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: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 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: Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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: Thursday, August 8, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, August 8, 2024, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

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, April 27, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 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 Core Curriculum
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 24, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 25, 2024, 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: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 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
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Create a letterpress printed one page wonder! Students will design and print an edition of one-page folded books while learning to set type and print on a cylinder press.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

Experiment with Sintra, a foam board that can be carved into with speed and ease yet yields printed results that are similar to that of lino or wood cuts.

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