Alan has a passion for the mechanics of the print studio and enjoys encouraging others to roll up their sleeves and grab a wrench. Maintenance is a dirty business, but a necessary one for beautifully printed anything. Printing presses need to be moved, oiled, inked, cleaned, and maintained, in short they need attention like a six year old. NOTE: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. Registration will close three days prior to the start date of the workshop.Īlan Hillesheim has been wrenching around printing presses for 35 years. Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103 Scholarships available click here to apply.ĭate & Time: Saturday, Octo:: 9:30am-5:30pm Students who are familiar with Photoshop may bring laptops, but they are not necessary.We will experience the process from beginning to end, and discuss the many uses these images promise. Using Photoshop, you will see the various ways to produce a digital file that can be used to generate film and a letterpress-ready relief plate.ĭue to time constraints, we will not make our own plates, but pre-made plates will be on hand to actually print examples of the process. In this one day class we will learn how to prepare any photo for letterpress printing using contrast and dither patterns to achieve a surprisingly beautiful and repeatable letterpress print. If you choose to complete the registration process you are agreeing to these terms. All students and the instructor must show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 and agree to wear a mask for the duration of the class unless otherwise announced by SFCB. 2010: Amy Franceshini and Michael Swaine. Parasites: Survival Relationships (Symbiosis State).Grimm's Fairy Tale Theater: Hänsel & Gretel.San Francisco Bay Area Book Arts Calendar.Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival :: General Info.The Uncommon Thread & A Visit to Mad Geppetto's Workshop.Absence and Presence:A Printmaking Response to the Bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street.InsideOUT:Contemporary Bindings of Private Press Books.Jingles and Giants: Bread and Puppet Books.Sisters of Invention: Forty-five Years of Book Art by Sas Colby, Betsy Davids and Jaime Robles.Without Type: The Dynamism of Handmade Letters.The World Of Hedi Kyle: Codex Curios and Bibli’Objets.20/20 Vision: Celebrating the Next Generation of Book Artists.Books of Course: From the Teaching Collections of Chadwick, Chen, Davids, Golden, Henninger, Hobson, O'Banion, Sjoholm, and Walkup.Chronicle Books :: Born in the Summer of Love.Degrees of Innovation: Alumni of the Mills College MFA Program in Book Art and Creative Writing.Catching the Light :: Bookworks from Southern California.Freud on the Couch :: Psyche in the Book.Drop Dead Gorgeous: Fine Bindings of La Prose du Transsibérien Re-creation.Turning Over An Old Leaf: Contemporary Palm Leaf Work In South And Southeast Asia.(retro)(intro)spection: moving past into the forward.Rising Together: an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience.Reclamation: Artist's Books on the Environment.Possibilities: When Artists' Books Were Young.Book / Art / Artifact: Work from the CA Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers.
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