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

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!

Upcoming dates for Letterpress Workshop

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 5 Oct 2026, 11:53pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

7 upcoming dates between 5 Nov 2026 and 28 Nov 2026.

  • Thu 5 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Sat 7 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Thu 12 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Sat 14 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Thu 19 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Thu 26 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
  • Sat 28 Nov 2026, 10:30am-3:30pm
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, Xmas 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

Letterpress Workshop location
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Recent reviews of Letterpress Workshop

  • 5/5 from David Smith, attended Apr 2026: Amazing workshop. The tuition environment and day is fabulous
  • 5/5 from Daisy Pearce, attended Jan 2026: What an incredible experience! David and Juliet are fantastic teachers. They gave an introduction to letterpress and how it works but saved more detailed instructions for when we were working on our own prints and could put the methods to use. This made it easier to visualise and understand how the process works! It was a great day, and well worth booking!
  • 5/5 from Tim Rogg, attended Aug 2025: A great letterpress workshop class and David the teacher was really nice too. He went above & beyond to make sure the day was fun and we learned so much!
  • 5/5 from Felicity Baines, attended Jun 2025: Such a lovely experience, learnt a lot and really valued being able to experiment and try new things! Julieta was so generous with her time and experience and made the whole thing super enjoyable :)
  • 5/5 from Dorthe Andersen, attended May 2025: A great chance to learn about the possibilities in using letterpress. David gave me free reign to use all the type and different presses and was always on hand to help me out and guide. I really appreciate their dedication to helping me bring my idea onto the paper. I made a beautiful poster.
  • 5/5 from Imogen de Lavis, attended Apr 2025: Lovely day out, we all learned something new and made prints we were really pleased with!
  • 5/5 from Gerard Kelly, attended Dec 2024: Excellent letterpress course with David and Juliet. A superbly equipped printing workspace and very knowledgeable, professional, thorough, helpful and patient tutors. Highly recommended
  • 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Nov 2024: Great teachers and venue, gave me and my friend so much hands on time ️
  • 5/5 from Catherine, attended Oct 2024: The workshop was enormous fun! The teacher was lovely and was super helpful and patient in bringing my chosen design to life in print. It was really interesting to see the intricacies of the printing process. I particularly liked that I was free to select my choice from a vast array of characters/fonts/colours. Would highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Harriet Sorsky, attended Mar 2024: I would highly recommend this class to anyone. I have no experience in letterpress however the teachers were very encouraging and knowledgeable. Although I was most definitely not a natural, this didn't matter. I learnt a lot and would absolutely book this class again.
  • 5/5 from Susie Samuel, attended Jul 2023: I really enjoyed this Letterpress workshop. I had an amazing day with Juliet. The day flew by so quickly & the environment is very relaxing putting you at ease if you've never done this type of workshop before! Juliet imparted so much guidance and knowledge, and after the course very kindly supplied some guidance for some of my future projects. I couldn't recommend a course and environment that is more fitting to learning a new skill, I certainly will be looking to do future courses.
  • 5/5 from Josie Dobrin, attended Jun 2023: This was a really fantastic day out. The teacher was incredibly patient and relaxed and let us experiment with everything we wanted. The studio is gorgeous - a real treasure trove and fabulous atmosphere to spend a day. We both loved it and couldn't recommend more.
  • 5/5 from Emma Davey, attended Apr 2023: Had an amazing day with Juliet and David. The day flew by, and they couldn't have been more generous and thoughtful with everything they gave to make the day a success. I couldn't recommend a course with them more, and I certainly will be looking to work with them again.
  • 5/5 from Brigid, attended Sep 2022: Such a fun, thorough class! Julieta and David were great teachers, they went above and beyond. I'd definitely recommend this class and would like to take it again myself.
  • 5/5 from Ava Sutherland, attended May 2022: Incredible workshop, beautiful little studio! Juliette was so helpful and willing to share all her knowledge, the time flies. Would definitely recommend if you want to start to learn letterpress or if you want to make use of their equipment.
  • 5/5 from Aileen Od, attended Feb 2022: Great one-day Letterpress course, David and Juliet were really knowledgeable and good fun. Small but well equipped studio, loads of nice type to play with! Definitely recommend.
  • 5/5 from Erica Sullivan, attended Oct 2021: My sister and I had such a wonderful time at Pixel Press. David & Julieta were such great teachers and very patient & inspiring. We came away with some really lovely artworks. Great dayGorgeous studio, good coffee and lots of laughs.
  • 5/5 from Anna Cook, attended Aug 2019: We had such a brilliant time at the workshop. Dave and Juliette were perfect hosts, generous with their time, patience and expertise. They have a great selection of type and it was such a fantastic insight into the print process. Their passion for making stuff is very infectious! Highly recommended and great value for money.
  • 5/5 from Ken Smeed, attended May 2019: One of, if not the best learning experience I've ever had! Thankyou guys so much - can't wait to get going on my Adana T/P48 now :)- Ken
  • 5/5 from Ellis Cameron, attended May 2019: Amazing day! Bought as a treat for my boyfriends birthday, this was the perfect way to spend a Saturday. Great studio and super knowledgeable - we had a great time and felt so welcome! Would massively recommend!
Your teacher

Pixel Press
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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