Center for Book Arts Service List

Sample Classes

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  • Letterpress I: Weekdays Section

    Learn the basics of hand typesetting and the contemporary practice of letterpress printing. We will cover the essentials of good presswork including inking, and impression and move on to discuss typefaces, paper, incorporating illustrations and adding color.

    $625.00

  • Letterpress II: Weekdays Section

    Following a short review of key concepts, this course will build on the fundamentals from Letterpress I and refine your skills as a printer by focusing four areas: the mechanics of the Vandercook"reading" printseditioning impositionThis class is intended for both students interested in chapbooks and literary publications

    $625.00

  • Bookbinding I

    This introductory class will teach five basic book structures, develop hand skills and familiarize you with binding tools and techniques. The comprehensive foundation will prepare you for your own explorations, for advanced courses, and will qualify you for renting workspace in our binderies.

    $625.00

  • Experimental Writing at the Press

    Literalize poetry workshop dictums like "Make the stone stony" in a class that focuses on letterpress printing as a composition technique and a constraint for writing. Additional description forthcoming. No experience required.

    $325.00

  • Building Sculptural Books

    In this workshop we will build dimensional books with understructures made from foam board, plaster, wire form meshes, and found objects. We'll layer and finish the pieces with paper, cloth, acrylic paint, text and images.

    $375.00