INTRODUCTION TO LETTERPRESS: POLYMER PLATE

Nick Hurd

Class #93: November 7-8: Saturday – Sunday 10am - 5pm
Tuition $224 Materials $65 Total Cost $289

These easy-to-use photosensitive plates allow you to incorporate digital imagery and text into letterpress printing. Learn how to make and print these versatile plates using Kala's Anderson-Vreeland platemaker and Vandercook proofing press. The course will cover multiple color printing and registration on a variety of papers. Enrollment is limited to 7 students.

Nick Hurd is a professional letterpress printer and artist in residence at Kala. He is an expert in Letterpress, photopolymer plate making and operates his own screenprinting company. He has worked for some of the top Letterpress Printers in the Bay Area. Nicholas graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004 and is currently an MFA student at the California College of the Arts.
http://nicholashurd.com/

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