Catherine Ruggie-Saunders

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.

Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.

Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. This course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.

Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.

Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. This course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.

Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.

Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. This course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.
Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.
Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. The studio course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Graduate seminar students will pursue an expanded course of study designed to integrate independent research with studio practice. The seminar combines historical study, theoretical discourse, and hands-on practice to explore the invention of printing, the evolution of the book, and the ongoing relevance of letterpress printing in contemporary design and art. By the end of the course, students will design and produce a book that embodies their own artistic thesis voice while demonstrating proficiency in the letterpress craft and an understanding of the book as a cultural object.

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.
Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.
Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. The studio course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Graduate seminar students will pursue an expanded course of study designed to integrate independent research with studio practice. The seminar combines historical study, theoretical discourse, and hands-on practice to explore the invention of printing, the evolution of the book, and the ongoing relevance of letterpress printing in contemporary design and art. By the end of the course, students will design and produce a book that embodies their own artistic thesis voice while demonstrating proficiency in the letterpress craft and an understanding of the book as a cultural object.

Students in this course will design and produce visual communication via the letterpress method, with emphasis upon the integration of materials, structure, and content. Instruction encourages an interdisciplinary approach with a thrust toward expanding the medium's boundaries.
Lectures and video documentaries provide an historical and cultural context for type design and the printing revolution. A field trip will provide exposure to the expanding applicability of letterpress in contemporary design, as well as exemplars from the past six centuries. Demonstrations will acquaint students with both classical and current approaches to using the tactile voice of letterpress.
Students should expect to work with single sheet formats, traditional books, artist's books, and 3-D sculptural multiples, to be presented in group critiques. The studio course may be repeated for credit, with students creating letterpress bookworks through self-initiated projects.

Graduate seminar students will pursue an expanded course of study designed to integrate independent research with studio practice. The seminar combines historical study, theoretical discourse, and hands-on practice to explore the invention of printing, the evolution of the book, and the ongoing relevance of letterpress printing in contemporary design and art. By the end of the course, students will design and produce a book that embodies their own artistic thesis voice while demonstrating proficiency in the letterpress craft and an understanding of the book as a cultural object.