ExpiredLetterpress Intensive

Learn the basics of letterpress printing by designing, illustrating, printing, and binding a poetry chapbook or short story. Students will learn the basics of setting type by hand, as well as incorporating images using photopolymer plates or linoleum blocks. Over 6 weeks, students will design and print a small edition collaboratively. The last evening of class will be spent binding the book using a simple pamphlet binding.

Level: This class is appropriate for students at all levels.
Dates: 6 Wednesdays, October 14-November 18
Time: 6-9pm
Instructor: Kevin Auer
Cost: $270 tuition + $15 materials fee

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Note: This class will meet offsite at the UT Design Lab. Students will receive detailed information on location and parking after registration.

This class will meet on the following dates and times:
Wednesday, October 14, 6-9pm
Wednesday, October 21, 6-9pm
Wednesday, October 28, 6-9pm
Wednesday, November 4, 6-9pm
Wednesday, November 11, 6-9pm
Wednesday, November 18, 6-9pm

Kevin Auer trained as an apprentice in bookbinding with Scott Mullenberg in Portland, Maine. He then worked as a conservation technician for a number of years at Cornell University. After graduating from the conservation program at the University of Texas at Austin, Kevin worked as a book conservator at the Walters Art Museum and has also done some book conservation at the Harry Ransom Center. Kevin learned letterpress from David Wolfe in Portland, Maine. He co-owned Wolfe Editions, a small shop that specialized in artists’ books and limited edition work. Kevin also ran his own shop for a number of years doing letterpress printing and book binding. He has taught letterpress at Dartmouth College, as part of their summer workshop program, and also taught letterpress as an adjunct professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. And for the past year and a half, Kevin has been the shop manager for the letterpress shop in the Design Department at the University of Texas.