Thursday March 10th, 4:30-6:30pm
Thursday April 9th, 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesday May 20th, 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesday June 17th, 4:30-6:30pm
We offer open studio hours! Our shop will be available monthly for you to print your work. BAL board members will be your hosts and will assist you with your printing projects. Please bring your own paper and get ready to print!
Letterpress Printing on Maps
Taught by Steve Matteson
Date: Saturday March 21st, 10am-2pm
Cost: $100 Non member / $90 BAL member
We will print a saying of your choice over the wonderful textures and colors of old maps using the Vandercook letterpress. “Get Your Kicks on Route 66!”, “Life’s a Journey”, “Those who wander are not lost” - or any short quote you might think of. Make a special gift for travel-partners or mark a special place with “x-marks-the-spot”.
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Bring your own maps - which we will trim to size - or take from our vast supply. Everyone will take home five 9”x14” broadsides.
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The Book Arts League is a Colorado-based community of individuals who share an interest in letterpress printing, calligraphy, and bookbinding.
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(kids 12+ must be accompanied by an adult)
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All supplies and materials will be provided.
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Will be available to register on Monday, February 2 at 8:00 am.
Silk Tie Covered Case Bound Book
Taught by Brenda Gallagher
Date: Tuesday March 31st, 9am-4pm
Cost: $120 Non member / $110 BAL member
Do you have a super cool tie from the back of your Grandpa's closet with a cool funky design? You can make that silk tie into a beautiful handmade book! Join Brenda Gallagher to transform the fabric from your old tie into a paper backed book cloth that can be used to cover boards of your own hand sewn blank journal. You can bring your own tie or choose one of the dozens of ties from Brenda's collection to cover your book. We'll begin making ties into bookcloth, then we'll proceed to cover our book boards with the tie bookcloth to make a case. The blank book for the inside of our book will be hand sewn and include colorful endpapers and matching endbands. Come spend the day learning beginning case bound book binding skills that show off your Grandpa tie flair.
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Ages: 16+
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This class takes place at Groundworks East (3063 E. Sterling Cir)
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Class will be available for registration Monday, February 2 at 8:00am.
Pocket Notebook
Taught by Gregory Robl
Date: Thursday April 2nd, 9am-1pm
Cost: $110 Non member / $100 BAL member
Create a small, leather-bound notebook that is refillable (3.5" x 5.5"). We'll build two signatures of fine writing paper of about 30 pages each. We'll sew them with linen thread and include a pocket cut and folded from cardstock. Then we'll enclose the signatures in the leather cover with an elastic cord or a leather cord, depending on preference. Participants can emboss their initials or name on the cover.
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Ages: 16+
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This class takes place at Groundworks East (3063 E. Sterling Cir)
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Class will be available for registration Monday, February 2 at 8:00am.
