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Houston Book Arts Guild

October 1, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Hot Metal Stamping on Book Covers
Houston Book Arts Guild Meeting

October 1, 2015
6pm-8pm at The Printing Museum

The Bindery at The Printing Museum is loaded with cool tools and on Thursday, October 1st we’ll get a good look at a few.  Missy Bosch will lead this demonstration and hands-on sampling of the electric hot foil stamping machine.

First, we’ll take a good look at the beautiful embossing wheels in the museum’s collection and samples of what they can do.  Then, after demonstrating how the hot foil machine works, each member can choose a small piece of leather or book cloth-covered book board to emboss the design of their choice.

This sample can be made into a bookmark or small book cover and there is no cost.

Our thanks to Tony Vela of The Bookbindery for lending us some metal stamps and our own letterpress studio for lending us some type to try!

Please respond to notsuoh@mac.com just so we can get a head count. The Houston Book Arts Guild is a program of The Printing Museum. Membership in the Guild is free and open to all persons interested in the art of the book.

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Details

Date:
October 1, 2015
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Organizer

Texas Booksellers Association

The Texas Booksellers Association is a group of independent booksellers and other book-related businesses focused in Texas.

The primary goal of the Association is to join together and represent local booksellers and supporters of the book community in their efforts to cultivate interest in literature and book collecting. We share the common goals of cultivating appreciation of books and the written word in the community, maintaining the vitality of the independent book trade, and promoting ethical trade practices.

We are always trying to expand our community outreach by providing educational programs through local colleges and promoting events and information about book arts.  We also hope to provide many additional benefits for our members.

We sponsor book shows in Austin, Fort Worth and Houston each year, where member and non-member exhibitors present books and related materials to the public.

Phone:
(281) 546-2257
Email:
Website:
https://www.texasbooksellers.org/

Venue

The Printing Museum
3121 San Jacinto St.
Houston, TX 77004 United States + Google Map
Phone:
(713) 522-4652
Website:
printingmuseum.org