Flexigons + Magic Wallets
Thursday, March 11, 6:00- 8:00pm, Esther K. Smith
Math meets art: artists, crafters, teachers, and kids of all ages can enjoy these intriguing projects. Renowned book artist, Esther K. Smith, shows off these tricky paper forms that combine the mathematical magic of squares and triangles and the moebius strip. Easy to make and hypnotic to play with, they are excellent containers for a variety of content. Explore several symmetries and play with color. $20

MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101
p: 718-729-3001 | email

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Letterpress: Dikko Faust @ SVA, New York City
Hands-on History of Typography
Mondays, Jan 25-Apr 26 / 6:30-9:30PM
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Introduction to Letterpress
Tuesdays, Jan 26-Apr 27 / 7-10PM

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Esther K Smith’s COOPER UNION Classes
MAGIC BOOKS & PAPER TOYS
4 sessions
Mondays, Feb 1-March 1 / 6:30-9:30PM / 5000008 $215
No class February 15
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INSTANT ARTIST BOOKS
6 sessions
Mondays, March 8-April 19 / 6:30-9:30PM / 5000007 $265
No class March 29

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Have Purgatory Press teach a class at your organization!
Sample classes:

Cake Box Books—Esther K Smith
Pop Art meets book arts!
A delightful introduction to longstitch
binding, which you can also use with leather.
You can bring some old leather pants to recycle.
Warning: grocery shopping will never be the same.
And you’ll never throw away another box.

Magic Books and Paper Toys—Esther K Smith
Amaze your friends with an array of tricky bookforms
from a myriad of traditions: hexiflexigons, magic
wallets, simple popups, origami-based forms,
exquisite corpses, woven pockets, animations,
concertina-based flip/flaps, jewelry books, etc.
Learn these easy structures, making quick models, and
then make them into finished pieces using collage
materials, stickers, buttons and beads, etc.

Letterpress Printing—Dikko Faust
Learn to set wood and metal type by hand. Set a page, a postcard or a whole book. Print on a variety of hand- and machine-made papers. Courses available for beginners and experienced students.

Experimental Printmaking on the Letterpress—Dikko Faust
Edition images from a variety of traditional and experimental plates: photopolymer, wood and linoleum cut, collagraph, texture plates. Learn to incorporate a variety of materials into your work, such as lace, sandpaper, grass, you name it—if it fits on the letterpress we can print it!

Hands-On History of Typography—Dikko Faust
When is a font not a font? Where is the lead in leading?
Learn typographic history by experience as you hand-set type and print it on the letterpress. Moveable type ended the Dark Ages and ushered in the Renaissance, the industrial revolution, and literacy for the people.

Instant Artist Books—Esther K Smith
Make ten books from start to finish. Explore simple
bookbinding from Eastern and Early Western traditions
Make individual and collaborative books, unique books
and small editions—even popups! See the work of
contemporary book artists. and discuss how you can
publish and distribute your own Artist Books.

Purgatory Pie Press
Dikko Faust & Esther K Smith
19 Hudson St. #403 NYC 10013
212 274 8228