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12:00 pm

Binding a Classic Hard Cover Book

September 19, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Printing Museum, 3121 San Jacinto St.
Houston, TX 77004 United States
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In this introduction to bookbinding, students will learn the basics of materials (book board, book cloth, adhesives, paper) and techniques (folding paper, cutting, sewing, and applying adhesives). By the end of the class, students will have completed 1 or 2 flat-back, case-style bindings, covered in cloth and decorated paper. Cost:  $140 (for both days and […]

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Letterpress Studio Practices

September 19, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Printing Museum, 3121 San Jacinto St.
Houston, TX 77004 United States
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This class will engage students with a hands-on approach to learning proper print shop practices in the museum's letterpress studio. Students will be taught proper care for type, tools, and presses, as well as their proper use. Moreover, the class will pull prints from various presses in the studio, while other presses will be demonstrated […]

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2:00 pm

Public Printing Tour

September 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Printing Museum, 3121 San Jacinto St.
Houston, TX 77004 United States
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Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

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