Botanical Specimen Press:
Been feeling cooped up? Spring is a beautiful time to get outside and explore the great outdoors. Take your family on a hike, or go solo, and learn about the plants around you, while gaining some basic bookbinding skills. In this workshop, you will learn how to construct this botanical press, perfect for the “field”. In addition, students will learn proper methods to collect, press, and identify botanical specimens.
Images courtesy of Lena Rogy @preziselie
This workshop is held in conjunction with the ONLINE session. Click here for more info.
Level: This class is appropriate for adult students at all skill levels.
Date & Time: Sunday, April 13th, 10am-4pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Amanda Stevenson
Cost: $150 tuition & $20 materials
Members receive a 10% discount off the cost of the workshop, among other benefits.
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Completion of this class will qualify you to use the studios for your own projects. Details on Open Studio may be found here.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Amanda Stevenson is the director of the Austin Book Arts Center. She began her career in the book arts at the Center for Book Arts in New York City, where she was the Registrar/Administrator in the early aughts. Availing herself with many classes in bookbinding and letterpress, she learned from some of the best. Before co-founding the Austin Book Arts Center in 2015, she worked for seven years at The Printing Museum in Houston, primarily as the Curator, where she was responsible for organizing exhibitions, collections management, and education programs. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, with a concentration in special collections management, and a BA in Art History from UT Austin. She believes in the enduring power of books.
- April 13, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Total spaces remaining: 4