Botanical Specimen Press
THIS WORKSHOP WILL MEET IN-PERSON AT THE AUSTIN BOOK ARTS CENTER.
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.
Level: This class is appropriate for adult students at all skill levels.
Date & Time: Saturday, March 4th, 10:00am-4:00pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Chuck Peters and Lena Rogy
Cost: $140 tuition & materials
Members receive a 10% discount off the cost of the workshop, among other benefits.
Click here to join as a Member, then choose the Member Rate below.
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 INSTRUCTORs
Chuck Peters is a botanist, a tropical ecologist, and a fledgling letterpress printer. He is emeritus curator of botany at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), where he worked for 35 years as a member of the science staff. He has directed conservation and sustainable resource-use projects in nineteen countries throughout the tropics. On retiring from NYBG in 2018, he started working as an intern at The Center for Book Arts (CBA) in New York. During his time there, he catalogued the CBA type collection and produced a specimen book of the 691 metal typefaces in their print shop. In September of 2020, Chuck moved to Austin and started volunteering at the Austin Book Arts Center.
Lena Rogy loves teaching and is passionate about working with her hands to produce highly detailed functional art. After she graduated from Folkwang University (Germany) with a degree in Communication Design, she moved to Austin where she has been working with Fortuna Monsoon creating handcrafted leather gear.
- March 4, 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Total spaces remaining: 0