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Open Studios – (Risograph Only)

March 16 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Risograph

Riso model MZ 790 U (two drums, up to 11×17 sheet); drum colors: available colors include blue, sunflower, fluorescent pink, and black.

Guidelines

Participants must:

  • Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
  • Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. (Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use). Bookbinding: all paper and board. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Studio protocols

Participants are responsible for cleaning tools, equipment, and surfaces after use.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.

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March 16, 2023
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5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost:
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The Printing Museum
Phone:
713-522-4652
Email:
info@printingmuseum.org
Website:
www.printingmuseum.org

Open Studios

March 3 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Register

Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Guidelines

Participants must:

  • Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
  • Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. (Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use). Bookbinding: all paper and board. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Bookbinding

Our studios are equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.

Letterpress

Studio letterpress equipment includes: Vandercook Universal I, No. 4; Chandler & Price Pilot Press; Chandler & Price 10×15 Old Style Platen Press; an extensive collection of wood and metal type, borders, and cuts.

Printmaking

Monotypes, etchings, lithographs, and linocuts are just some of the editioned work you can print in the printmaking studio.

Papermaking

Our studios are equipped with everything you need to create paper: molds and deckles, vats, felts, drying racks, and a blender.

Risograph

Riso model MZ 790 U (two drums, up to 11×17 sheet); drum colors: available colors include blue, sunflower, fluorescent pink, and black.

Studio protocols

Participants are responsible for cleaning tools, equipment, and surfaces after use.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.

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Date:
March 3, 2023
Time:
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cost:
$60
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Organizer

The Printing Museum
Phone:
713-522-4652
Email:
info@printingmuseum.org
Website:
www.printingmuseum.org

Open Studios – (Risograph Only)

February 16 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Register

Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Risograph

Riso model MZ 790 U (two drums, up to 11×17 sheet); drum colors: available colors include blue, sunflower, fluorescent pink, and black.

Guidelines

Participants must:

  • Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
  • Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. (Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use). Bookbinding: all paper and board. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Studio protocols

Participants are responsible for cleaning tools, equipment, and surfaces after use.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.

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Date:
February 16, 2023
Time:
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost:
$60
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Organizer

The Printing Museum
Phone:
713-522-4652
Email:
info@printingmuseum.org
Website:
www.printingmuseum.org

Introduction to Book Arts

February 4 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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This one-day workshop will introduce you to the basics of making books, covering fundamentals such as paper grain, folding, and stitching. Participants will gain understanding of both techniques and materials by working with paper, thread, and adhesives. We will be making a variety of structures, including a one-page folded book, a single-section pamphlet stitch, an accordion, and a Japanese stab binding. You will be able to leave with several binding styles under your belt, and the knowledge of how to adapt these structures to make your own notebooks, journals, or sketchbooks. No previous experience necessary. Adults 18+

Registration: $95, includes all materials.
Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Location: This workshop is in-person at The Printing Museum in our NEW LOCATION, 3121 San Jacinto St.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.

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Date:
February 4, 2023
Time:
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Cost:
$95
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Website:
https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/introduction-to-book-arts/2952205

Organizer

Adrianne O’Donnell
Phone:
713-522-4652 x209
Email:
aodonnell@printingmuseum.org

Open Studios

February 3 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Register

Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Guidelines

Participants must:

  • Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
  • Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. (Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use). Bookbinding: all paper and board. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Bookbinding

Our studios are equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.

Letterpress

Studio letterpress equipment includes: Vandercook Universal I, No. 4; Chandler & Price Pilot Press; Chandler & Price 10×15 Old Style Platen Press; an extensive collection of wood and metal type, borders, and cuts.

Printmaking

Monotypes, etchings, lithographs, and linocuts are just some of the editioned work you can print in the printmaking studio.

Papermaking

Our studios are equipped with everything you need to create paper: molds and deckles, vats, felts, drying racks, and a blender.

Risograph

Riso model MZ 790 U (two drums, up to 11×17 sheet); drum colors: available colors include blue, sunflower, fluorescent pink, and black.

Studio protocols

Participants are responsible for cleaning tools, equipment, and surfaces after use.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.

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Date:
February 3, 2023
Time:
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cost:
$60
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Organizer

The Printing Museum
Phone:
713-522-4652
Email:
info@printingmuseum.org
Website:
www.printingmuseum.org

Korean-Style Binding with Wax Decoration Covers

November 12 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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The traditional Korean binding structure has a few distinct characteristics for a side-stitched East Asian binding structure and in this workshop you will get to try them firsthand. Aside from the traditional aesthetic of using red sewing thread and a yellow, soft paper cover, these books were decorated with a wax-transfer pattern and utilized the beautiful and durable handmade paper Korean paper, known as hanji.

Included in this workshop: all book materials will be provided including modern, lightweight Asian paper sympathetic to traditional hanji for text your textblock, traditional yellow-dyed fiber paper for the covers, and wood stencil for the decorative pattern making. This style of binding can also be easily adaptable to make contemporary books for sketching, drawing, and artists books.

Tools required (gather yourself): X-Acto knife or scalpel, metal ruler (at least 12”), bone folder, cutting mat, scissors, scrap of foam core or cardboard for punching sewing stations, awl or pin-vice for punching holes, waste paper, pencil.

Ages: best suited for those ages 13+

Registration: $75; includes a $25 materials kit mailed to you via US flat-rate shipping (US-only please). Please note the registration deadline, Oct 28th, two weeks prior to class starting, to allow time for kits to arrive.

Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Location: Online via Zoom. We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered for several weeks afterwards, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.

About the instructor: Jeanne Goodman is a Conservator for the University Libraries at Texas A&M University with more than ten years of experience in preservation and collections. She received her MLIS from Simmons College with a concentration in Preservation and undergraduate work with University of Delaware in Collections Care. She completed the full-time Bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School and a Von Clemm Fellow with the Boston Athenaeum. Jeanne enjoys teaching and connecting with the community through classroom lectures, instruction, bookbinding and book arts workshops, and demonstrations of historical craft techniques.

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November 12, 2022
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost:
$75
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Website:
https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/korean-style-binding-with-wax-decoration-covers/2938899

Organizer

Jeanne Goodman

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Follow-Along Friday: Fishbone Fold Book

November 11 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

SOLD OUT!


This class is full, but consider our next Follow-Along-Friday on Dec 9th where we’ll be doing Holiday Origami.

Or the next instance of the Fishbone Fold book will be Feb 24th, 2023 – sign up now!

Sign up for Feb 24, 2023

Gather your supplies and follow along with us as we make a fishbone fold book together. This unique origami-style book starts as a single sheet of paper that comes together after scoring, cutting, and folding it just so. The small class size allows for individual attention, so sign up early before it fills up! This workshop is best-suited for participants 13 years of age and older.

Materials & Supplies you’ll want to gather ahead of time:

  • regular text-weight paper 4″ x 12″ long
  • cardstock 3 1/4″ x 2″
  • ruler
  • bonefolder (or other tool for scoring)
  • glue stick
  • Xacto knife & cutting mat.

Location: Online via Zoom

Registration: In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. The amount you choose to pay goes directly toward making our programs accessible to all. We suggest $20/hr, for those who’ve asked for a suggestion; more if you have it, less if you don’t.

Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.

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Date:
November 11, 2022
Time:
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Cost:
Pay-what-you-can
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Website:
https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/follow-along-friday-fishbone-fold-book/2939719

Organizer

Adrianne O’Donnell
Phone:
713-522-4652 x209
Email:
aodonnell@printingmuseum.org

Sewn Paper Bindings

July 23 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

REGISTER by July 9

In this workshop students will make three books by sewing folded sheets into a paper cover. The exposed stitching is both structural and decorative. These single and double section books make excellent notebooks and work well for any short text.

Ages: best suited for those ages 13+

Tools required (gather yourself): bone folder, Olfa/Xacto/scalpel-style knife with sharp blade, metal ruler (at least 12”), cutting mat, PVA/paste & a small glue brush, paper rulers (1/2’’ x 11’’ strips of paper used for quick measurements), scrap of foam core or cardboard for punching sewing stations, waste paper, pencil.

Included in kit:

  • Awl
  • John James #18 Needle
  • Linen thread
  • Cover weight sheets (Indian Screenprint Sheets from Hollander’s)
  • Text weight sheets (Cranes Lettra Text, Fluorescent White)

Registration: $100, includes a $25 materials kit mailed to you via US flat-rate shipping (US-only please; contact us if you’re internationally-based and wish to source your own supplies). Please note the registration deadline July 9th to allow time for kits to arrive.

Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Location: Online via Zoom.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered for several weeks afterwards, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.

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Date:
July 23, 2022
Time:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost:
$100
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Website:
https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/sewn-paper-bindings/2916221

Organizer

Syd Webb

Open Studio: Letterpress, Bookbinding & Printmaking

May 20 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Guidelines

Participants must:

  • Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
  • Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. (Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use). Bookbinding: all paper and board. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Bookbinding

Our studios are equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.

Letterpress

Bookable letterpress equipment includes: Vandercook Universal I, No. 4; Chandler & Price Pilot; Golding Pearl No. 3; an extensive collection of wood and metal type, borders, and cuts.

Printmaking

Monotypes, etchings, and linocuts are just some of the editioned work you can print in the printmaking studio.

Let’s make a book!
Reserve a press
Let’s get printing!

Papermaking

Our studios are equipped with everything you need to create paper: molds and deckles, vats, felts, drying racks, and a blender.

Risograph

The bookbinding studio is equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.

Let’s make paper

Let’s make a zine!

COVID safety protocols

Studio capacity is restricted to ensure sufficient social distancing. Participants must wear a mask at all times and practice social distancing. Participants are responsible for cleaning tools, equipment, and surfaces after use.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.

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Date:
May 20, 2022
Time:
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cost:
$60
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Organizer

The Printing Museum
Phone:
713-522-4652
Email:
info@printingmuseum.org
Website:
www.printingmuseum.org

Family Fun: Screen Printing

May 7 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

11AM SOLD OUT

REGISTER for 12PM

REGISTER for 1PM

Family Fun events are a great way to experience a range of printmaking activities as a family! All activities accommodate a range of developmental levels that support children 6+ working together or alongside an adult/guardian. Reservations are in 45-minute increments on the hour starting at 11:00AM until 2:00PM. Registration includes General Admission to the museum!

Explore screen printing and bookbinding for the whole family! Join us as we learn about bookbinding and create a small book to take home. Then, try your hand at screen printing to decorate the cover of your book or create prints! We encourage participants of all ages to give this event a try.

Registration: Ages 13+: $20; Children 6-12: $16

Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Location: The Printing Museum, 1324 W Clay St. Houston, TX 77019.

This workshop is in-person at The Printing Museum. We look forward to welcoming you back and are taking recommended safety precautions regarding COVID-19. Please show up at your scheduled time. Registration for each session will be limited to 2 families or no more than 8 people total.

Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.

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Date:
May 7, 2022
Time:
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cost:
$16
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Organizer

Janine Delgado