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You and the Print Arts: First Half 2010 Events
LECTURES
(All lectures are free for first half of the year.)
Thursday evenings, 7pm to 8pm
April 8 Sam Ellenport, Harcourt Bindery, Charlestown, MA
“A Bookbinding Anomaly: Linked Spine Bindings” • Register for lecture
This talk traces a fascinating design path in which binders and designers consider the spines or backs of books that are in sets as a rectangular canvas. The decoration of this rectangle includes design work that spans more than one book, presenting an image or artistic pattern. These decorated books are rarely seen but will be in this illustrated talk. Sam is a member of the Museum of Printing, and a master binder who has been at the Harcourt Bindery since 1970. He has written about the history of binding, and lectures on bookbinding.
May 13 Kenneth Gloss, R.N.G.*, Brattle Bookshop, Boston, MA
“A Book, a Story, and a Smile for Everyone” • Register for lecture
This discussion will cover collecting of old books for their bindings, how to identify a collectable binding type, and what to look for to build your collection. Ken will take questions about old books you bring with you and do short, on-the-spot appraisals during the evening. If you want to know the authenticity, value, or scarcity of a beloved volumes is, bring it to the Museum for this lecture/discussion led by the proprietor of the Brattle Street Bookshop in Boston.
*Real Nice Guy
Friday afternoons, 2pm to 4pm
Things your parents never told you (about type and print, that is) by Frank Romano
April 2, April 16 A Short History of Type • Register for lecture
April 9, April 23 A Short History of Print • Register for lecture
WORKSHOPS
(All Saturdays)
ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS
April 3 or May 1 — 10am–5pm
Recover Your Favorite Book
Bring your favorite book in need of a new cover for a one-day workshop and take it home with a new cover! Learn how to remove the old, damaged cover, replace the mull, make a new cover and attach it to your book block. The book block must be solid as there will be no sewing done in this workshop. No provisions are made to re-title the book at this workshop. This is a beginner course, with no assumed knowledge by the participant. No provisions are made for a title during this workshop. Instructor: Ted Leigh. Limited to 8 participants (minimum 4 participants). Fees must be prepaid. Please specify which session you wish to attend. If you have questions about this workshop, write to dabugov at gmail.com.
Museum Members: $30.00 ($25 plus $5 materials fee)
Non-Members: $50.00 ($45 plus $5 materials fee)
Register for workshop
April 10 or May 8 — 10am–5pm
Make a Blank Book/Journal
Come to the Museum for the day and learn how to make a blank book/journal. Participants will be shown how to fold, sew and case in a simple blank book/journal which they will take home at the end of the afternoon. This is a beginner course, with no assumed knowledge by the participant. Instructor: Ted Leigh. Limited to 8 participants (minimum 4 participants). Fees prepaid. Please specify which session you wish to attend. If you have questions about this workshop, write to dabugov at gmail.com.
Museum Members: $30.00 ($25 plus $5 materials fee)
Non-Members: $50.00 ($45 plus $5 materials fee)
Register for workshop
FOUR-WEEK WORKSHOP
Designing and Making a Book
This multi-week course has four sessions. Each session is offered twice over the Spring of 2010 via pre-registration. Participants will work as a group to design, print, and bind a book of their own creation that include the work of all participants in the workshop. Each participant will be responsible for designing four pages of the book using images from the Museum Collection and type set in from text they create. Museum volunteers will set the type on Museum equipment for the groups and assist with the printing of the pages. Participants will receive copies of each volume to take home. LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS (minimum 4 participants). Fees to be prepaid. If you have questions about this workshop, write to dabugov at gmail.com.
This is a beginner course, with no assumed knowledge by the participant. The sessions for this course are:
Members: $105 for all 4 weeks ($25 with $10 materials fee)
Non-Members: $150 for all 4 weeks ($35 with $15 materials fee)
Register for workshop
SESSION 1: DESIGNING A BOOK
Participants will learn the basics of book structure and design, explore the images available for the project, determine the lines of text they would like to have set and assemble the items necessary to begin production of the book at the second session. Your Instructor: Nancy Trottier.
Dates: March 13 or March 27: 12 noon–5pm
SESSION 2: PAGE PRODUCTION
Participants will assemble their type and images into a chase with help from Museum volunteers and learn to ink the form and proof their pages. This session will also include a brief discussion of paper, grain, ink, and printing techniques. Instructor: Museum Staff
Dates: March 27 or April 24: 10am–5pm
SESSION 3: PRINTING
This session will be devoted to selecting paper and ink for the books as well as printing all participants pages. Press and tool clean-up will be covered. Instructor: Museum Staff
Dates: April 10 or May 15: 10am–5pm
SESSION 4: BINDING THE BOOK
Instruction will be given on the basics of sewing a book and applying the cover. Participants will assemble the signatures, sew the text block, apply the mull, and case in the books. Instructor: Nancy Trottier
Dates: May 8 or May 22: 10am–5pm
Register here and pick the dates to attend. Choose only 4 out of the 8 dates. If you have questions about this workshop, write to dabugov at gmail.com. Once registrations are complete, the instructor will call to coordinate the sessions. A Letterpress Workshop is being developed. Watch for details on the website.
EXHIBITIONS
March 1 to April 30 — “Freedom of the Press and the Colonial Print Shop” — An exhibition of a wooden common press and wooden intaglio press by Gary Gregory.
The Anna Hogan woodcut exhibit remains on display.
May 1 to September 1 — Engravings of Botanical Prints from the Arnold Arboretum
SPECIAL EVENTS
April 14, 6pm to 9pm
A Night at the Museum with Boston Print Buyers / PBI
June 20, 10am to 4pm
7th Annual Printing Arts Fair on Father’s Day
The steamroller rolls again!
Hot Metal Daze
On Saturdays see working Linotype and Ludlow with lectures on typecasting. Lectures and demos alternate on the hour and half hour from 10am to 3:30pm.
Tentatively scheduled for April 3, April 10, April 17, April 24 but please check to make sure.
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