BOOK ARTS SERIES TO FEATURE FINE PRINTING AND LETTERPRESS DEMONSTRATION
Rick Von Holdt, the proprietor of the Foolproof Press in Minburn, Iowa, will give a presentation on fine printing and letterpress on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The event is part of Drake University’s “Book Arts: Dialogues and Languages” series.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 1 p.m. in room 201 of Cowles Library, 2725 University Ave.
Von Holdt will share his knowledge of fine letterpress printing. The Foolproof Press is an assemblage of type, printing presses and the artifacts, materials and equipment necessary for letterpress printing. The press has more than 1,500 fonts of type.
The “Book Arts: Dialogues and Languages” series is sponsored by the Drake University Language Acquisition Program, Drake Center for Humanities, Cowles Library, University of the West of England in Bristol, UK: School of Creative Arts and Department of Art and Design.
The series includes workshops and demonstrations on the topics of printing, bookmaking, and writing, giving special attention to works written in languages with non-Latin alphabets.
The remaining events, which will take place from 1-3 p.m. in room 201 of Cowles Library, are listed below:
Sept. 25 — Arabic calligraphy demonstration by Jean-Pierre Taoutel and Jane Qass
Sept. 30 — Japanese and Chinese calligraphy Miwa Okamoto, Azusa Kanou and Qi Shi