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WANTED! Printing on the
Washington Handpress
Instructor Scott Miller
Four Sessions:
Saturday Mornings 10:00 PM to 1:00 PM
(October 3, 10, 17 and 24)
All levels. No print experience necessary.
Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Letterpress Studio 351H
Tuition Schedule:
$155 general public
$125 FAU faculty
and staff and students (non-FAU)
$95 FAU students
The Washington style handpress was the
workhorse of commercial printing from the early 1800s until
the early 20th century. Virtually identical in concept to
Johannes Gutenberg’s 15th century presses, these iron
monsters were scattered about Europe and the Americas in
small print shops and newspaper publishing houses. One
source of revenue for such establishments in the 19th
century was the printing of hand bills, now more commonly
known to us as posters. In boom towns of the American west,
the wanted poster occupied much of the printer’s trade.
Outlaws such as Billy the Kid, Bonnie & Clyde, the Younger
Brothers and the Dalton Gang were given instant notoriety
and lasting name recognition through the distribution of
such hand-printed wanted posters.
This workshop will allow students to draw, carve and print
using mounted linoleum blocks in conjunction with the Jaffe
Center's Washington style handpress: the Wesel Iron
Handpress. Mounted linoleum, while not type high, is
perfectly adaptable for the letterpress environment. At the
course beginning, students will be shown how to compose on
the block surface, carve and finally proof the image.
Student/participant linoleum blocks will be initially
printed as “flats” or “blanks” with no cutting at all.
Students will then employ the reduction process of printing
in the making of their images. The scope and topic of the
design/illustration is the creation of a portrait (self or
otherwise) to be printed within the confines of a wanted
poster format. Students may look at vintage source material
if they wish to define the overall continuity and look of
the project.
At the time of printing, students will individually lock
their carved blocks into the Wesel press and print an
edition of single color impressions. Impressions will be
made on a pre-printed poster sheet with a knock-out for the
facial image. Students will then apply the reduction
printing method (to be described in class) on successive
printings in order to make a perfectly registered
multi-color print.The number of impressions will be the number of students/participants, plus three for the Jaffe Center for Book Arts,
plus one for the instructor.
Each individual student will come away with a series of
printed posters that will contain the resulting images from
each of their classmates plus all other participants.
WORK STUDY SCHOLARSHIP
One work study scholarship is available to a
currently-enrolled FAU student, who will take the role of
studio assistant to the instructor. The scholarship student
will pay no tuition. In exchange for this opportunity, the
scholarship student will be expected to provide assistance
as needed to the instructor and participate in cleanup after
each session.
To apply, simply send an email expressing your interest to
John Cutrone, JCBA Programs Coordinator:
jcutrone@fau.edu.
We need your email by noon on
September 28, 2009.
Please tell us why you would like the opportunity, and feel
free to send images or other support material you feel may
be helpful. The scholarship is open to all FAU students, no
matter your major. Our team will make its decision and
notify all applicants by September 29.
INSTRUCTOR
Scott Miller is a printmaker with close ties
to the book arts. He has taught printmaking at the
University of Alabama, Penland School of Crafts, New World
School of the Arts, and Miami International University. His
work has been collected by numerous institutions and
organizations, including James Madison University, the
University of Florida, the University of Iowa Print Club,
and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los
Angeles.
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