Design & Print Photopolymer Letterpress Plates the Low-Tech Way with Jenny Sapora
In the last decade or so, photopolymer plate technology has trickled down from the printing industry into letterpress shops, printmaking studios, and art schools. This workshop takes the photopolymer process one step further to show printmakers, artists, and printers how to set up for themselves a fully functional, low-tech, low-budget, photopolymer studio in the kitchen. We will create negative images – experimenting with various media & techniques, expose our plates in the UV rays of the sun, develop them, ink and print them on a flat-bed proof press. There will be a small collaborative project as well as a chance to devise a small individual piece.
Please register by August 14, 2010
Instructor Bio: Jenny Sapora is the proprietor of True Bug Press, producing a dozen or so small fine press editions over the past 18 years as editor, illustrator, designer, printer, and binder. Her books range from slender to textful, her content from serious research to general goofiness. Jenny’s fine press work has been honored with the NW Bookfest Up-and-Coming Book Artist Award and she has received an Artist’s Book Production Grant from the Women’s Studio Workshop and a Philip Hofer Commission for Printing. She has taught various book arts and design classes at the School for Visual Concepts, Pratt Center for the Arts, Cornish College of the Arts, and Oregon Book Arts Guild. Jenny holds an MA in design from the University of Iowa and an MFA in book arts from the University of Alabama. However, she adds, her depth of experience in design and her meticulous craftsmanship in printing were born not in a classroom but in a print shop.
SCBA Cancellation/Refund Policy:
- If your class is canceled by SCBA, you will promptly receive a full refund.
- If you cancel more than 21 days prior to the first day of class, you will receive a full refund.
- If you cancel 21 days or less before the first day of class, you will receive a credit for the amount of the original class to be used for any future SCBA class offered within one year from the date of the cancellation.
- If you cancel less than 48 hours prior to the first day of class, no credit or refund will be granted. However, it may be possible to obtain handouts for the class pending approval from the instructor and SCBA.
- If you do not appear in class and we have not heard from you, no credit or refund of any kind will be given.
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Please contact us at programming@seattlebookarts.org for more information, or to register at the student rate or SCBA supporter rate. To register for this class, please click the link below and pay using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. You may also print and mail in a registration form with your payment. When registering by mail, please also send an email to info@seattlebookarts.org to notify us of your registration.
