Paul Moxon Workshops

Teaching

Paul Moxon, a graduate of the University of Alabama MFA in Book Arts Program, teaches workshops on letterpress and Vandercook Maintenance at universities, art colleges and book arts centers around the country. Please email to schedule a workshop or private consultation.

Upcoming workshops

Vandercook Maintenance

This workshop is an in-depth review of the parts and functions of the Vandercook taking you beyond cranking the press and into the mechanical what and why essential for troubleshooting. Learn all the points of maintenance, lubrication and cleaning and become familiar with the differences between models. Whether you use studio presses, own your own press or are thinking of buying one, this workshop will provide excellent direction for your future press work, so bring your questions, press photos and/or broken parts. Paul will also share his extensive written material with the class. Check out his website and blog: vandercookpress.info

June 19-20
Wesleyan University

June 21-22
Center for Book Arts

November 8-9
Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Letterpress: Practicum and Play

This class is ideal for artists and writers who want to add the craft of printing to their creative arsenal. We will begin with the fundamentals of hand typesetting and presswork, then experiment with relief image-making processes and painterly inking techniques. Students will develop a series of individual projects, and so should come to class with brief texts and ready to generate ideas for images.

August 10–22, 2008
Penland Schoolof Craft

Letterpress Finesse

Improve the technical quality of your presswork in this problem-solving workshop. With a focus on production printing using a Vandercook, delve into the minutia of makeready, imposition, lockup, and form rollers to obtain proper inking and impression. Other topics include choosing paper and inks, and using photopolymer plates. Bravely bring examples of your worst printing to critique in class.