Creating a Letterpress Booklet

In this five-week-long class we will produce a 5” x 7”, 12-page publication letterpress printed in an edition of 25 copies. We will cover the process of designing and laying out the book, generating digital files of our work, producing polymer plate to print from, printing spreads, and sewing the pamphlet.

Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign preferred.

Week 1 – Discussion of layout and design.
Week 2 – How to create files for polymer plate. Going over mock ups.
Week 3 – (Two weeks later) Printing
Week 4 – Printing
Week 5 – Folding and sewing

Level: Some letterpress experience preferred.
Date & Time: 5 Sundays, August 23rd – September 27th (skipping September 6th). First two classes 10 am to 1 pm and the last three classes 10 am to 4 pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Kevin Auer
Cost: $450 tuition + $125 materials fee

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 for the Printshop Renter Training workshop that will enable you to use the studios for your own projects. Details on Open Studio may be found here.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

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. 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, The Maryland Institute College of Art, and The University of Texas at Austin. Kevin is currently the Director of the Communication Design Program at The University of Houston, Victoria.