Vandercook Letterpress Printing Training Session
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Vandercook Letterpress Printing Training Session In-Person
Letterpress printing is a historic relief printing technique used to create books, prints, posters, and more. Vandercook cylinder presses are the gold standard for contemporary letterpress printers and our Book Arts Studio is lucky enough to have two!
In this hands-on training session we will learn the basic techniques associated with using the Book Arts Studio's Vandercooks. Each participant will contribute to a collaborative class print and have the opportunity to set metal type, observe the process of setting up and inking the press for printing, and pull a print using the press. Students will leave with their print. Upon completing this training session, students will have access to the Vandercook presses during Book Arts Studio Open Hours.
Please note: This training has a limited number of seat and will prioritize student registration. Interested faculty and staff should not use this form to register, but should email bookarts@richmond.edu to be placed on a waitlist. If there are seats available, you will be contacted a week before the event and invited to register in the order that your email was received. Faculty interested in learning more about the Vandercook presses for use in classroom instruction should email bookarts@richmond.edu.
Related LibGuide: Book Arts by Jen Thomas
- Date:
- Friday, November 10, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Book Arts Studio
- Categories:
- Training Workshops
Event Organizer
Caitlin Adair Daglis serves as the Book Arts Studio Manager in the Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond. In this role she maintains equipment and machinery, manages the studio's team of student workers, manages the Book Arts Studio Open Hours and Equipment Orientations, and more. Caitlin has an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Georgia and a BFA in Studio Art from Georgia Southwestern State University.