Word Birds Workshop – 05.12.16

Word Birds Workshop – 05.12.16

Apr 3, 2016

Create your own Word Bird, a paper machè character with something to say! Using newspaper, masking tape, wire, colored tissue paper, bits of map or old book pages, and a few feathers, you will create a bird ready to stand or hang, just in time for spring migration!

Filling the Book Studio Session – 04.16.16

Filling the Book Studio Session – 04.16.16

Mar 23, 2016

Looking for a few new ways to fill your beautifully handmade books? We will focus on creating lettering styles, pleasing texts and images with color, inspirational messages, poems etc.

Basic Blank Journals for Beginners – 04.03.16

Basic Blank Journals for Beginners – 04.03.16

Mar 23, 2016

Basic Blank Journals for Beginners is a class for folks interested in making a hand-sewn blank journal with a few pockets. This class is for adults and is also a family-friendly class for adults and kids (ages 8-12) who want to work together to make some journals.

Letterpress III – 02.07.16

Letterpress III – 02.07.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, February 7 / 10am – 4pm This class is the third in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. In this class, students will apply the skills they learned in Letterpress I & II by creating an independent project of their choice. (ie: personal book plate,...

Letterpress II – 01.31.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, January 31 / 12 – 4pm This class is the second in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. It is a prerequisite for Letterpress III. In this class, students will build on the basic skills they learned in Letterpress I while they independently set a full...

Letterpress I – 01.24.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, January 24 / 12 – 4pm This class is the first in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. It is a prerequisite for Letterpress II. Letterpress I is an overview of basic letterpress skills including the history and nomenclature of the Kelsey Press. Students...

Letterpress Holiday Cards – 11.21.15

Oct 26, 2015

In this class, students will design and print holiday cards which will include carved linoleum blocks.  Each student will design an image and learn how to carve the reverse image for printing.  Students will set, compose, and proof type to accompany the block images....
Starting to Use the Letterpress – 11.1.15 or 11.15.15 or 11.22.15

Starting to Use the Letterpress – 11.1.15 or 11.15.15 or 11.22.15

Oct 26, 2015

In this class students will receive hands-on experience setting & spacing type, locking type into a chase, preparing, inking, and operating the Kelsey Press.  Students will cleanup and sort type back into the California Case.  This class will be offered three...

Introduction to the Letterpress – 11.8.15

Oct 26, 2015

This class will provide an overview to the letterpress, including a brief history of Kelsey letterpresses, lead safety and how to find type in the California Case.  Students will observe how to arrange type in a composing stick, lock type into a Chase, set guide pins,...
The Fishbone Fold Book Class – 7.19.15

The Fishbone Fold Book Class – 7.19.15

Jun 30, 2015

Sign up now at The Folk School Fairbanks for Connie Stricks’ fabulous Fishbone Fold Book class, Sunday, July 19, 2015, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.  In this workshop you will create the “Fishbone Fold Book,” a sculptural structure attributed to master book artist...