A TO Z TYPOGRAPHY PLAYGROUND (SAN DIEGO, CA)

Two printmaking instructors team up to bring you a weeklong workshop playing with typography and book making. In this two-for-one workshop taught by Sibyl Rubottom and Morgan Miller III, you will learn to use both the 19th century iron hand presses and our modern Asbern letterpresses. To begin, you will learn the basic principles of good page design and how to set type in creative ways. You will be introduced to the basics of book arts so that you can create a book structure of your own from type to printed page. You can make a poster or a broadside print and bind the pages into a small book. The Print Studio will be our playground in which you’ll learn the basic elements of letterpress printing and how to combine them creatively. As an added bonus, we will share some history of the typefaces you will use, such as Bodoni and Goudy.

Location/Venue: ATHENAEUM ART CENTER
Original website page: https://tinyurl.com/y9p5m8ak
Cost/Fee: $290
Material/Studio fee: $10

Instructors:

Sibyl Rubottom holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was awarded European Honors and studied in Rome for a year. For over 25 years Sibyl made fabric art for the interior design trade. She is former proprietor of Bay Park Press, which was a small fine arts press specializing in limited edition artists’ books and fine intaglio prints. Sibyl is currently manager of the Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center. Sibyl’s books are held in numerous collections, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, John Hay Library at Brown University, Sterling Library at Yale University, Geisel Library (Mandeville Special Collections) at UCSD, the Malcolm A. Love Library at SDSU, and various public and private collections.

Morgan Miller III is a fifth-generation San Diegan from Point Loma. He is a graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, with a BFA in Illustration. Along with Sibyl Rubottom, he organizes, sets up, and runs the Athenaeum’s Print Studio in Logan Heights. His work there includes teaching printmaking, type-setting for letterpress, linoleum block prints, and other forms of printmaking. He maintains the presses and prints various projects for the Athenaeum, as well as continuing his own art practice. Morgan appreciates the process of printmaking because of his background in illustration. With the letterpress you can connect words with pictures and print multiple copies. This makes printmaking the perfect choice for someone with a background in drawing, painting and graphic design. It is a great way to create a handmade image with type. Creating with letterpress invokes the feeling that each print is a work of art in itself.