Book Arts & Letterpress Studio
Press + Binding = Book Art
8am-4am daily, 24 hours last 3 weeks of the semester
Book Arts & Letterpress Studio
Founders Hall
Rm. 103
Oakland Campus
Access to undergrads enrolled in a Bookworks, Letterpress, or other class at CCA held in the Book Arts & Letterpress Studio and to undergrads who have taken a Bookworks or Letterpress class with permission from the Studio Manager.
Access to grads enrolled in Bookworks, Letterpress, or other class at CCA held in the Book Arts & Letterpress Studio, grads working with a Printmaking Faculty Member to complete a unit, and grads who have been given permission from the Studio Manager and Department Chair.
About the Book Arts & Letterpress Studio
Founders 103 is a dedicated studio for book arts and letterpress, which offers a full range of bookbinding equipment.
Specializing in These Materials
- Ink
- Paint
- Paper
Tools and Equipment
- American French tool-etching press (a gift from our benefactor, Yozo Hamaguchi)
- 3 additional etching presses: 2 Brand presses and 1 Ettan press
- 3 lithography presses, including a new Takach press
- 100+ lithography stones (small, medium, large)
- Acid room
- 2 sign presses
- Large-screen exposing table
- Screen wash-out area
- Screen-coating facility
- Hollander beater
- Hydro-pulper
- Numerous molds for various handmade paper sheet sizes
- Couching screens for drying handmade paper
- 2 Vandercook letterpresses
- Photopolymer platemaker
- Several hundred cases of wood and metal type
- Bookbinding equipment
Resources
ORIENTATION DATES
BOOK ARTS & LETTERPRESS ORIENTATION
If you would like access to the Book Arts & Letterpress Studio, please email the Studio Manager, Kate Goyette at kate@cca.edu.
You may need to attend a Book Arts & Letterpress Studio orientation. During the orientation, we will review proper studio usage and designate storage space for you.
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PRINTMAKING WINTER BREAK STUDIO SCHEDULE
Dec 14, 2017, 9:32 AM by Kate Goyette
ALL PRINT STUDIOS WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL STUDENTS FROM SUNDAY, 12/16/18 AT 6PM UNTIL TUESDAY, 01/22/19 AT 8AM
WINTER BREAK PRINT STUDIO SCHEDULE DETAILS:
- Friday, 12/14/18: last day of classes, studios close at ...