ExpiredLetterpress Two

This workshop builds upon the fundamentals covered in the Letterpress Intensive Workshop. Students will delve deeper into such topics as make-ready and pressure printing. The course focuses on more complicated forms, including two-layer/color pieces. Students can expect to broaden their knowledge of the craft and become more comfortable in our studio while producing a number of finished projects.

Level: Students must have taken Letterpress Intensive or have sufficient prior experience.
Dates: 5 Wednesdays, June 26 – July 31
Time: 6-9pm
Max. no of students: 8
Instructor: Kevin Auer
Cost: $270 tuition + $25 materials fee

This workshop will be held at our new location. 5501 North Lamar Blvd, near the intersection of Lamar Blvd and Koenig Ln.

Note: Members receive a 10% discount off the price of tuition and materials. Please click here to join as a Member.

Completion of this class will qualify you to use the studios for your own projects. Details on Open Studio may be found here.

This class will meet on the following dates and times:
Wednesday, June 26, 6-9pm
Wednesday, July 3, 6-9pm
Wednesday, July 10, 6-9pm
Wednesday, July 17, 6-9pm
Wednesday, July 24, 6-9pm
Wednesday, July 31, 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.