January 2019
Personalized bookplates
In this class you will learn the basics of typesetting and linoblock printing in order to create your own set of bookplates (ex libris labels) for your book collection. You will have the option of creating a fully hand carved design, creating a design exclusively from our wood and metal type and letterpress ornaments collection, or combining the two to create your own one-of-a-kind bookplate design. This class combines two printmaking methods, and to allow for block carving and typesetting…
Find out more »Retchoso bookbinding
Retchoso bookbinding is a unique style of Japanese binding that joins folded sections of paper with a complex yet elegant stitch using one or two needles to create a slender notebook that opens perfectly flat. Sturdy multi-layer paper covers are built onto the book’s sections before binding. It’s a perfect binding for a portable notebook or sketchbook, or for chapbook publishing. All materials are included, and you will leave the class with a finished book. Space in the class is…
Find out more »Screenprint posters
In this class you will learn the basics of how to create a two-colour silkscreen print on paper. We will cover: making positives or transparencies, exposing images on a screen, how to register (line up) your printing, and pulling prints. All materials are provided, including paper, and you will make an edition of at least six prints. This class runs for two weeks on Monday evenings, January 21 and 28, from 6:30-9pm. Please come with an idea, and sketches if…
Find out more »Lino block printing (two week class)
In this class you’ll learn the basics of carving and printing a relief print from a linoleum block. You will design and carve your own block and learn how to print it by hand as well as on a press, and will leave the class with an edition of six completed prints. You will have the option to print your block in one colour, in a multiple colour gradient, or to try selectively inking your block to make a two…
Find out more »Crossed structure bookbinding
Crossed structure is a fun and easy supported binding in which the sewing supports are part of a two-piece slotted cover that can be customized and decorated in numerous ways. We will be making a paper cover in the class, but this binding will work with fabric, leather, felt, book cloth, and many more materials. You will have time to make your cover one-of-a-kind using collage, paint, stamping, vintage rub-on letters, or stitching before assembling your pages and binding your…
Find out more »February 2019
Hardcover stab bookbinding
Stab binding is one of the simplest and earliest forms of bookbinding, using single sheets in which holes are stabbed or drilled and sewn on the outside using a variety of traditional stitch patterns. In this follow-up to the softcover stab binding class, you will learn how to make a Westernized version of this traditional Japanese binding with a hard hinged cover. You can take this class without having taken the softcover class first. All materials are provided, including paper,…
Find out more »Letterpress greeting cards (two week class)
In this hands-on introductory class you will learn the basics of setting type and designing your own unique cards using wood and metal type, our collection of antique letterpress ornaments and newspaper halftone blocks, linocut blocks and more! All materials are provided (including envelopes for your cards!), and you will create a set of ten cards of your own design in your choice of paper colour. This class runs for two weeks on Tuesday afternoons, February 5 and 12, from…
Find out more »Monotype club
Join us for a super fun monotype club and make some amazing art with us! Every Wednesday in February you will learn a new technique to add to your monotype/monoprint arsenal, and you will experiment with combining these techniques to create beautiful one-of-a-kind prints. We will cover ink drawing on plates, paper relief, pressure printing and printing with found objects, methods for screenprint monotypes, and more. No printmaking experience is necessary, but if you have taken any of our other…
Find out more »Paper marbling
In this fun class you will learn how to create beautiful marble patterns on paper. In paper marbling, paint is suspended onto the surface of specially prepared thickened water and combed or swirled into intricate patterns, then transferred onto sheets of paper. These lusciously patterned sheets were traditionally used in bookbinding, but you can also use your finished papers in scrapbooks, collages, greeting cards, or even just framed for the wall! All materials are provided, and you will create between…
Find out more »Drypoint printmaking
Drypoint is a technique in intaglio printmaking in which lines are scratched into a metal plate with an engraving tool and printed onto dampened rag paper, producing an image of luscious soft linework. In this class we will create our drypoint plates using Plexiglas, and you will learn how to make textures and tones in addition to the distinctive drypoint lines to create a richly varied print. This class runs for two weeks on Friday afternoons, February 15 and 22,…
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