Spring Workshops 2005!
MFA in the Book Arts Program
We are pleased to announce
Spring
Workshops in the Book Arts at Alabama
Three workshops will be held in May of 2005. Anne Marie Kennedy will be teaching Hand Papermaking in the Book Arts Program Lost Arch Papermill from May 9 - noon on the 11th. Paul Moxon will be teaching a Vandercook Proof Press Maintenance workshop on May 12th, followed by Letterpress Printing 101 on May 13 - 14th.
This will be an opportunity to work with two terrific instructors in our studio-intensive environment. If you have never done it before these will be great introductions to hand papermaking and letterpress printing, but the workshops will also present opportunities for experienced book and paper artists. Consider the experience of springtime in beautiful Alabama working with these artists.
Please contact Steve Miller with any questions you may have, and to reserve a spot in these workshops. Space is limited.
Ann Marie Kennedy
Paper Palettes
May 9 - noon on May 11th
Lost Arch Papermill, UA
All
papermaking materials supplied, $110
This workshop will explore the sheet formation process in hand papermaking with an emphasis on incorporating texture, image and color. Working with flax, abaca, and cotton rag base pulps students will investigate methods of altering and personalizing their sheets through layering, simple stenciling, and imbedding materials. The results will be a portfolio of papers, both finished pieces and sheets that can be used later in printing, drawing and book arts.
Ann Marie Kennedy has an MFA from the University of Iowa and is the 2004-5 recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Award from the NC Arts Council. She is a former Resident Artist at Penland School of Crafts, currently living in Carrboro, NC.
Paul Moxon
Vandercook Maintenance
May
12th
Typographic Laboratory, UA. $60
Learn how to care for a Vandercook® proof press in this one-day workshop. Topics include: press anatomy, lubrication and cleaning, part adjustment, wear and replacement. Buying, moving and installing a press will also be covered. Already own one, then bring photos and questions.
Paul Moxon
Letterpress 101
May 13 - 14th
Typographic Laboratory, UA. $100
Learn the basics of letterpress printing in this two-day intensive workshop. Topics include: setting metal type by hand and the essentials of good presswork (proper inking, imposition and impression). Participants will develop their own composition such as a greeting, business or postcard. Bring words and ideas to class. Bring an apron or wear old clothes.
Paul Moxon, a graduate of the UA Book Arts program, is a fine press printer and freelance book designer based in Birmingham. He has taught workshops on letterpress and Vandercook Maintenance at the Center for Book Arts, Mass Art, Indiana University and The Evergreen State College. His work is collected by Columbia, Brown, and Indiana Universities, SUNY Buffalo, and University of Wisconsin at Madison, and can be seen online at fameorshame.com.