About the Museum's Book Arts Classes
Together with our instructors -- skilled printers and artists all -- we foster the hands-on study of traditional and modern printing techniques in courses that explore paper- and book-making, typography and printing-related arts.
The Museum is an ideal setting for teaching book arts. The student can experience printing and the book arts in a historical context, while the instructor has access to the Museum's extensive collection of historical, working printing presses and equipment, as well as the Museum's 7,000-volume library on printing history, type design, papermaking and the book arts.
The Institute's current curriculum is divided into three sections (click the images below to view individual course descriptions, prerequisites, fees and to enroll in a section):
 Traditional and contemporary methods of letterpress printing including printing on platen presses, Vandercook proofing presses, the Heidelberg Windmill, hand presses and more. Come experience a class using the Museum's extensive collection of lead and wood type, thousands of cuts, ornaments, borders and additional equipment.
 Introductory and advanced book structures, traditional bookbinding and artist’s books (highly creative, limited edition books). Book arts classes are held in our bindery equipped with paper cutters, board cutter, gold-foil stamper, multiple antique book presses, sewing stations and more.
 Etching, drypoint, lithography, linocut, collagraph, monotype, hand papermaking, pulp-painting and sculptural papermaking classes are planned for 2009
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New Summer Classes!
Printmaking
Including monotype/collagraph and solarplate, with Sandy Cvar, and etching-intaglio, with Daniel Weber. Full details now available on our website, just click here.
Under the August Moon
Students will experience the magic of paper lamps, lanterns, and more, in this workshop taught by noted Oregon paper artist, Helen Hiebert. Create a sampling of small sculptural forms that expand and collapse, open and close, fold and unfold, beginning with traditional Japanese collapsible lantern structures. Learn how to create patterns for unique shapes and sizes, explore the techniques for creating paper hot air balloon structures and ball forms. The methods you learn here can be adapted to create sculptures in the form of vessels, clothing, lanterns and more.
Click here for the particulars.
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