Print Shop Classes
Our Letterpress Studio
Fewer than 10 colleges and universities have anything like our Print Shop! Our studio is part working-museum, part bustling artists’ studio. Our shop features three antique presses, one from the late nineteenth century and two other motorized presses. We print our broadsides and letterpress chapbooks here, and our Master Printer, T. Michael Kaylor, teaches two workshops (Intro to Letterpress and Book Arts) every semester.
PRINT SHOP WORKSHOPS
Our non-credit, free Print Shop Workshops are offered once each semester and are open
to students, faculty, and staff at Washington College as well as our Chestertown neighbors.
Students learn the history of the book and experience letterpress printing and bookbinding.
Master Printer T. Michael Kaylor instructs both courses which run for 7 weeks each
(Intro to Letterpress and Book Arts are the two courses). There is no fee to the workshops.
Signups occur usually the first week of the semester;
we will announce them via our mailing list.
Questions should be directed to Assistant Director Amber Taliancich at aallen5@washcoll.edu.
BROADSIDES & Letterpress Chapbooks
Broadsides featuring the poetry and prose of some of our most famous guests are a staple of the Print Shop’s yearly printing schedule. The words of Toni Morrison, Jericho Brown, Neil Gaiman, Rebecca Makkai, and Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) have all been put into type down in the shop! And Master Printer Mike Kaylor uses letterpress broadsides as a teaching tool for new students. You can see (and buy) our broadsides and books here!