Learn the basics of letterpress printing by collaboratively designing and printing a small edition of a poetry broadside using the technique of hot printing. Pioneered by Hendrick Werkman (1882-1945), hot printing integrates text and image using type-high objects and alternative techniques like pressure printing, blind printing, masking, etc. Students will learn the fundamentals of proper presswork including registration, inking, and impression.
Level: This class is appropriate for students at all levels.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31
Time: 10am-4pm
Max. no of students: 6
Instructor: Kyle Schlesinger
Cost: $180 tuition + $15 materials fee
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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.
Kyle Schlesinger is a poet who writes and lectures on typography and artists’ books. Schlesinger’s recent books of poetry include Parts of Speech (Chax Press, 2014), The Do How w/ James Yeary (Great Fainting Spells, 2013), and Picture Day (Electio Editions, 2012). Scholarly works include Letterpress Revolution (Ugly Ducking Presse, 2016) Threads w/ Steve Clay (Granary Books, 2015), Poems & Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (Center for Book Arts, 2010). He is proprietor of Cuneiform Press and Associate Professor of Publishing at UHV.
- May 30, 2020 - May 31, 2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Total spaces remaining: 6