AMY THOMPSON

Well before the advent of text messaging, the Victorians announced their presence with tasteful calling cards and passed discrete slips of paper to arrange amorous liaisons. Participants in this lively half-day workshop combine antique dingbats, elegant zinc cuts, and movable type from the program’s collection to craft minuscule missives and petite prints. Students choose from a selection of phrases preset in metal type, set brief original messages of their own, or set their names in the manner of the traditional calling card, then letterpress print their designs on the studio’s clamshell presses. Beginners are entreated to attend this delightful printing excursion, as are more accomplished printers.

This fast-paced, four-week bookmaking venture introduces the fundamentals of bookbinding. Participants learn several book structures which may include folded forms, non-adhesive bindings, hard- and softcover sewn structures, and enclosures. Topics of discussion include studio practices, the selection and utility of various materials, and the role of the handmade book, but the primary emphasis is on materials and their properties, the functionality of various structures, acquiring hand skills, and improving craft.

Cité Internationale Des Arts

In Cahoots Residency

Anti-racism Change Team (ACT)

Board

Awards Committee

: A survey of contemporary photography in Utah exhibition catalogue. Design work completed with Marnie Powers-Torrey for Amy Jorgensen and Granary Arts

. Community workshop partnering the Book Arts Program with the Salt Lake City chapter of the AIGA

University of Texas, El Paso

Communications Committee

Awards Committee

National Greeting Card Association

Critical Mass