Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off the price of tuition. Advanced registration is required. Please call (713) 522-4652 to register.
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Post Screw Album
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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 […]
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Tony Vela
Tony Vela is part of a 2nd generation family of bookbinders that have proudly served the greater Houston area for nearly 50 years. He splits his time between the two binderies, the family business in Missouri City, The Bookbindery, and Vela Custom Bookmakers in Houston at Spring Street Studios. At Vela Custom Bookmakers, their specialty and what they are known for is their restoration and rebind services. They are most proud of their attention to detail and craftsmanship, and their family heritage as bookbinders. They hope to continue that with their children for the next generation.
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- November 19, 2015 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Repurposed Books
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This class presents ways to re-use “good” books gone “bad!” These projects are designed to show off our love of books and make use (or re-use) of their shape and format. Learn to use thrift shop books to create a variety of unique decorative and useful conversation pieces. Projects include: a Classic Book-into-Portfolio case; a […]
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Lee Steiner
Lee Steiner, Houston book artist, is thrilled to team up with The Printing Museum to offer unique book arts workshops. Lee has taught bookbinding at Texas museums and schools and through her own Domestic Papers studio for several years. Her handmade books can be seen on Facebook and Instagram (@domesticpapers) and at www.domesticpapers.etsy.com.
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- November 12, 2015 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Holiday Pop Up Cards
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Learn Paper Engineering! Create holiday themed Pop-Up Cards, while learning basic techniques, terms, and a foundation for creative exploration. Each student will make three cards using a variety of techniques. Cost: $55 (includes materials) Dates: Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off the price of tuition. Advanced […]
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Anna Phillips
Anna moved to Houston in 2006 and started attending workshops at The Printing Museum in 2008. She has been volunteering at the Museum since February 2010. She is an active member of the Houston Book Arts Guild, WiVLA (Women in the Visual and Literary Arts) and Archway Readers.
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- November 10, 2015 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hard Cover Accordion Book
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In this workshop you’ll learn how to construct a hardcover accordion-style book based on Hedi Kyle’s non-adhesive cover design. Students will be guided through the unique process of preparing an accordion text block as well as assembling fully covered boards without the help of adhesive! This unique structure includes a removable spine piece which allows […]
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John-Michael Perkins
John-Michael Perkins is originally from Jackson, Tennessee. He received his MFA in Book Arts from The University of Alabama and has lived in Houston since 2013. Besides everything book arts related, his hobbies include reading, drawing, spinning basketballs on his finger, and cooking.
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- October 24, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Introduction to Lithography
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Learn the basics of stone lithography from Charles Criner, the Museum’s Artist in Residence. In addition to learning the history of lithography, students will learn how to process a stone through graining the stone, applying an image, and then etching the stone. Students will print on the Museum’s 1830s starwheel lithography press, and then learn […]
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Charles Criner
Charles Criner is the Artist in Residence at The Printing Museum. Charles is the kind of artist that likes to “exhaust” the medium. He “pulls” his prints in black and white, then in color, and on top of that he sometimes adds acrylic over the print to produce original paintings on paper. He, however, is also parsimonious, or rather, enjoys the limitations of using only three colors and no more to make his prints. Furthermore, he is the kind of artist / craftsman who prizes the concrete relationship between himself and his work. Criner always pulls prints himself, never letting other professional printers do this for him.
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- October 20, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm