Letterpress Workshop

Learn how to use a manual letterpress to make unique prints.



5 hours

Class size 1 to 4 (public classes), 1 to 8
  £112 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

From wild west posters to modern art, learn in a relaxed environment, how you can design and print, your own piece of art at this London workshop.
Whether you're an advanced printer or a true beginner, you will find letterpress a labour of love and a relaxing and creative process. Remember how it is to be at one with yourself, away from your computer screens and smartphones.
During this printmaking workshop, you will cover:
  • Introduction to hand-setting metal/wood type and locking up.
  • Printing on Croydon's finest: Farley proofing presses with a printable bed size of 23 x 14 inches (34×58 cms) & 19 x 23 (50 x 60 cms) or 8 x 5 Adana presses.
  • The chance to set and print your own piece of work to take home.
Got a specific project in mind? Want to just come and experiment? Every level of expertise is welcome, and you certainly don’t need to be a designer, artist or creative to give it a go. Find your inner artist with this unique London activity!
What you'll get
  • A press to use plus all the materials you need to make a work of art.
  • Tea, coffee + biscuits :)
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Knowledge required
Anyone can get hands-on with letterpress, we are all creative!
What to bring
  • You can bring ideas for a print, but not strictly necessary.
  • Wear something that you wouldn't mind getting inky. The process is not messy but ink finds a way!
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hen do.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 12 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum, Father's Day gift or gift for couples.


FAQ

Is there anything else I should know about your studio?
We recently adopted a cat, she normally stays out of the way but sometimes comes around to say hello to our student and to have a siesta.
Do I get to take my prints on the day?
The ink takes around 2 to 4 days to dry, so we can arrange print pick up from the studio on a later date or we can post your prints for the allocated price by the post office payable via bank deposit (we will email cost, reference number and bank details as soon as prints are on their way).
Location

Pixel Press - London, N16 9HS, England

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Pixel Press
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Pixel Press is the experimental printmaking space of artists David Vassie & Julieta H. Adame. A collaborative platform for people of different interests connected to language and printing. Art studio, publishing house, classroom. We like to share what we know and have learnt with professional printers, designers & artists, we find letterpress extremely satisfying and detest the idea of seeing type being turned into coffee tables, akin to toys being entombed in their packaging, never to be played with.

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