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Learn Letterpress at CASP

Join the analog revival & learn the art of letterpress printing at the Helen DeVitt Jones Print Studio at CASP! Students will learn how to hand-set type from our expanding collection of metal & wood typefaces; proper use of the Vandercook SP-15 & other proof/relief presses in the Helen DeVitt Jones Print Studio; use vintage plates & also create your own imagery; pressure printing & other alternative print processes; layout of the California Job Case; & much more! Projects may include group letterpress posters, one & multicolor prints, printing on t-shirts, & individual broadsides.


selected student work, from the biggest class to happen yet at CASP, about a dozen people were enrolled! #printIsntDead


Saturday, February 13, 2016 – 10am to 12pm

Saturday, February 20, 2016 – 10am to 12pm

Saturday, February 27, 2016 – 10am to 12pm

Saturday, March 5, 2016 – 10am to 12pm 


Open Studio Hours, thru May 2016: Every Saturday, from 9am to 9pm

(While enrolled in the course, students will also have free access to all open studio hours.)