Workshops

Chandler & Price 10 x 15
prerequisite: metal type composition

6 working hours plus a light lunch, $120.00 per attendee

Most of our work will be done on a motorized C&P platen press which will generally translate to most floor model and table top platen presses. We will also experience treadling a Golding 8 x 12.

All necessary materials will be supplied. Wear comfortable shoes and work clothing.

Topics covered

• press safety
• locking up the form with furniture & quoins
• inking, press makeready & packing the platen
• motorized and treadle operation
• hand feeding and removing stock
• registration with gauge pins and others
• working with handset metal and wood type
• working with photopolymer plates
• scoring for folding using scoring matrix
• press clean up

Typical projects can include

• business cards
• postcards & greeting cards
• small books
• keepsakes
• bookmarks & bookplates
• type specimen cards
• envelopes
• handbills
• coasters

Workshop calendar

Three projects printed on our Chandler & Price 10 x 15.

This is a 32-page book of poetry related to Robin Hood we printed for the International Association of Robin Hood Studies' annual conference. The book was produced in a hard cover (shown here) and a soft cover. Edition: 50 (hardover), 90 (softcover).

This was a 'goody' bag for the American Printing History Association's national conference printed directly from wood and metal type. It was an interesting project because of the varying thicknesses in different areas of the bag and the makeready that required. Edition: 125.

This was a 4" x 6" type specimen card printed on a nicely textured card stock. The color was added by hand to a nice floral dingbat. Edition: 200.