Classes
UPCOMING CLASSES/WORKSHOPS/DEMONSTRATIONS:
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE
GC 289: SPECIAL TOPICS - LETTERPRESS
Thursday Nights, 5-9:50pm, Open to all ages
January 15 - May 21, 2009
Catalog Description: Learn the traditional art of letterpress printing. Today many designers are returning to the craft of letterpress– printing from metal and wooden type and photopolymer plates–as a unique option to offset printing. Letterpress offers a tactile quality and nostalgic feel that can’t be achieved with any other technique.
The Saddleback letterpress studio specializes in large wood type with three sign presses. Instruction will be based primarily on wood type printing and hand-inking with additional emphasis on typography, design and an introduction to book forms.
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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Chapman University students, sign up for the Introduction to the Book Arts Class, January 5-31, 2009:
ART 329 Introduction to Book Arts 01 3.0 M W F 10:00-04:00P LLB12
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IRVINE FINE ARTS CENTER (IFAC)
14321 Yale Ave Irvine, CA 92604 (949) 724-6880
www.cityofirvine.org/depts/cs/finearts/
ANNOUNCING THE DEBUT OF THE IRVINE FINE ARTS CENTER LETTERPRESS STUDIO!
Experienced letterpress teachers wanted to teach using my Vandercook 4. Email me if interested.
Introduction to Letterpress Printmaking
Learn the fundamentals of letterpress at the Irvine Fine Arts Center on a Vandercook Proof Press. Combine word and image to design and print your own book plate. Learn typesetting and relief printing from lindenin. After four class sessions, take home your own original edition print. Supply list will be available at the first class meeting. Inst: Colin Browne. IFAC Member $91. Ages 18+.
Decorative Paper Making
If you do not see the graphic displayed on this page, it means that your machine does not have Macromedia Flash plug-in installed. Please click on this link to continue the process. Immerse yourself in a Paper-sampler evening! You will participate in three surface techniques for paper: Paste Papers, Suminigashi (Japanese marbling), Orizomegami (Japanese dip-dying) and walk away with a beautiful batch of decorative papers for you to use. $10 material fee due to instructor at first meeting. Inst: Rachelle Chuang. IFAC Member $41. Ages 18+.
Pop-ups and Introductory Paper Engineering
Spend an evening making paper come to life through three-dimensional pop-up techniques and beginning paper engineering. Make your own set of Pop-up crads or a Pop-up Accordion book in this creative class. $10 supply fee payable to instructor at first class meeting. Inst: Rachelle Chuang. IFAC Menber $41. Ages 18+.
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PAPER SOURCE SOUTH COAST PLAZA
Read Candice Shin’s blog about the class by clicking here:
Photo of Rachelle Chuang helping Rabecka McKee, of Vista, with her book cover by Candice Shih, The Register
Fast & Fun Folded Books - Learn several basic folded book techniques and complete a finished piece in this class.
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 9:30am-12pm
Concertina Photo Album
Sunday, November 23, 2008, 9:30am-12pm
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BOOK ARTS INSTITUTE AT THE INTERNATIONAL PRINTING MUSEUM,
CARSON, CA- 2008
Fall Classes are now being offered at the Book Arts Institute of the International Printing Museum. Coming up are Introduction to Book Arts, Letterpress Basics, Vandercook Maintenance, Platen Press Printing, Clamshell-boxes, Heidelberg Windmill printing, Coptic and exposed-spine stitches, plus more.
For full class descriptions, registration form or more information, go to printmuseum.org or email me at bookarts@printmuseum.org.
Class proposals for 2009 in letterpress, book arts, bookbinding, papermaking, calligraphy and other related arts are now being accepted. Email bookarts@printmuseum.org for more information.
Family Days Offered First Saturdays of the Month along with the Leather Apron Docent Guild
Family DICKENS Day
Saturday, December 6. Come anytime between 10-1
You are invited to our second annual Charles Dickens day complete with the author himself, period ambiance and an opportunity to print holiday greeting cards.
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