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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SIGN UP FOR A WORKSHOP WITH ESTHER K SMITH! Artist Books—A Structural Approach ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sign up for classes with Purgatory Pie Press! Artist Books with Esther K. Smith Registration begins May 3rd Make nine books from start to finish. Explore simple bookbinding from Eastern, African and early Western traditions, including sewn pamphlets, stab stitch, accordions, origami-based forms, flag books, long-stitch, and coptic bindings- even easy pop-ups and instant published zines. Make individual and collaborative books, unique books and small editions. Make quick models from scrap materials, and then develop your projects into finished pieces with collage, drawings, stamps, buttons, beads and more. See the work of contemporary book artists. Discuss how you can exhibit, publish and distribute your own artist books. A field trip will be scheduled and discussed in class. An Introduction to Letterpress with Dikko Faust Letterpress is versatile and adaptable, and mixes easily with other printmaking processes. Through hand typesetting vintage metal and wood typefaces, students will gain a broader understanding of typography. Printing blocks and plates range from completely manual, hand-cut and collaged, to digital photopolymer plates. Accurate color registration is simple and easy. The image can range from hard edge to feathered and painterly, and the relief impression adds a third dimension. Operation and maintenance of several different letterpresses is included. Each session begins with a demonstration followed by studio time to work on individual projects ranging from type-based graphic designs to fine art limited editions. Letterpress Story and Pictures with Dikko Faust This course will concentrate on the use of letterpress to tell a story. Metal and wood type will be used for text; photo-polymer plates, linoleum and woodcuts, collage prints, collagraphs, and even the letterforms themselves will be incorporated for creating images. Students will learn to create photo-polymer plates from digital files, and print using traditional letterpress equipment. Multiple-color printing, pinpoint registration and several easy book forms will be covered. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// THE FIT EDITION:
FIT LEAP FOR 2012: Week-at-a-glance Datebook Long-stitch leather bound datebook, printed from reused vintage hand set wood and metal type onto up-cycled obsolete sea charts. Week-at-a-glance datebook, inter-office envelopes stitched in for pockets. Each binding is unique–various leather and thread colors available. Leather is by-product from New York City's fashion industry. Map paper is one-sided–so some pages are white, others are random maps.The paper is re-used, so imperfections abound–but we love them. At Purgatory Pie Press. we have made a limited edition datebook every year since 1980. Leap years repeat every 28 years–so this is also the 2040 datebook! This signed and numbered edition is limited to 48 copies. Designed by Esther K Smith–hand-set wood and metal type and letterpress printing by Dikko Faust.Spread size 4.75 x 9" Page size 4.75 x 4.5" Book size depending on the leather cover, a bit larger. As HEARD on NPR Tell us what color leathers you prefer. Email for more information. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// People are talking about Purgatory Pie Datebooks! Steven Heller in Imprint Online Magazine ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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