Letterpress and Book Arts class at Mass College of Art

There has never been a better time to learn letterpress! Our type collection has grown even more and we’re very excited!
Earlier this Summer we received a substantial donation of type and equipment. More details will be published in the future, but suffice to say we have almost doubled the number of fonts we have in our shop’s collection (that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface). Here is a picture of some 72 pt. Trafton Script: 
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If you’d like to truly immerse yourself in letterpress, you might want to take a full 14-week course. Last Fall the Letterpress class printed an exchange portfolio called ”Unwanted Outlaws.” It’s armed and mildly discomforting (not dangerous)!
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If you’ve got a day, you can learn the basics of letterpress in my 1-day Letterpress Workshop on October 24, 2015!
http://www.milkrow.com/letterpressclasses.html

The Mass Art Press has 5 Vandercook presses: 3 SP15s, a Universal 1 and a 219 Old Style. Our type collection includes over 500 fonts of metal and wood type and is one of the largest letterpress shops for students in New England. We hope to see you this Fall!

If you’d like to enroll in the class, you can choose the “enroll” buttons after the appropriately class descriptions found here: http://www.milkrow.com/letterpressclasses.html. You may also contact the Mass Art directly at (617) 879-7200 or visit http://pce.massart.edu/ and navigate to the Fall Class Schedule…letterpress classes are nestled in the Book Arts category!

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http://www.milkrow.com/letterpressclasses.html

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image: Pirate Emoticon by Andrea Acevedo

Pirate Emoticon by Andrea Acevedo

image: A panoramic of the shop in use Fall 2014.

A panoramic of the shop in use Fall 2014.

image: A student prints using our Vandercook 219 oldstyle!

A student prints using our Vandercook 219 oldstyle!

image: A student printing a run for her piece "Fruit Ninja" to be included in the Unwanted Outlaw portfolio.

A student printing a run for her piece "Fruit Ninja" to be included in the Unwanted Outlaw portfolio.

image: TraftonScript.jpg

TraftonScript.jpg

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Summer1day2015.jpg