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Post Screw Album

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

In one class, learn some basics of bookbinding, and go home with an album completed in one day. This structure allows for ongoing addition of pages, so you can make the album before you know how much it will need to hold! This is a good introductory course for becoming familiar with bookbinding materials and […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Thanksgiving Holiday – Museum Closed

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

The Printing Museum will be closed Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27, 2015, so that staff may spend Thanksgiving with family and friends. We will re-open on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at 10 a.m.

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Digital Letterpress

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Learn the fundamentals of letterpress printing using photopolymer plates. During the first class students will receive a brief introduction to the letterpress print process and learn the basics of print production for photopolymer platemaking using the Adobe Creative Suite. Instruction will be provided on best practices for letterpress printing, file prep, and how to order […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Paper Marbling

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Remember the beautiful, multicolored patterned papers you often see in the covers of old books?  You can learn to make them yourself in this one-day workshop. We will learn many of the traditional patterns, such as the Stone marble, Get Gel, Nonpareil, Peacock, Feather, French curl, Spanish wave, and more. We will learn proper use […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

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 […]