This workshop takes place over two in-person class sessions at CBA on Saturday & Sunday, October 9–10 from 11am–5pm:
- Sat, Oct 9, 11am–5pm
- Sun, Oct 10, 11am–5pm
About the Workshop:
In this in-person workshop at CBA led by Instructor Dikko Faust, students of all experience levels will learn about typographic history while printing on t-shirts and other cotton fabric items. Printing will be wood type only – as it is actually better suited to this process than metal – on CBA's R.Hoe & Co Washington Press (made in the Bronx in the late 1800's) with hand rollers. Your letterpress t-shirts (or other cotton items) will age gracefully since they won't crack like silkscreens.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!
Required Materials:
All staff, artists, students, and guests are required to show proof of vaccination upon entering CBA and must wear a mask covering the nose and mouth.
- At least one t-shirt or cotton fabric item you would like to print on
- Linoleum or woodcuts (type high or able to be raised to type high)
- Pencil and paper to take notes
- Please wear closed-toed shoes and clothes that can get stained or dirty
Check to see if any of the required materials are available in CBA's shop–>
All other materials and tools will be provided by CBA at no additional cost to the students.
About the Instructor
Dikko Faust founded Purgatory Pie Press when he was doing grad work with Walter Hamady at University of Wisconsin in 1977. He taught Letterpress and Typography at the Center for Book Arts, as well as School of Visual Arts, Cooper Union, Princeton, Rutgers, and workshops throughout the US, Canada, England and Germany. In these workshops, he also offers his services as Type Detective, identifying UTF's (unidentified typefaces). For recreational reading, he prefers old type catalogs. He did extensive research for Esther K Smith's Rizzoli reprint of William H Page's Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders &c. Purgatory Pie Press has exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Harvard University and many other art centers throughout the world, including more than a dozen Center for Book Arts exhibitions-- starting with CBA's 5 year anniversary exhibition.
Images courtesy the Instructor.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!