Letterpress Workshop

Learn how to use a letterpress to make unique prints.



5 hours Class size 1 to 2 (public classes), 1 to 4 label £95

From wild west posters to modern art, learn how to use Gutenberg's invention, the letterpress, to make one-of-a-kind art at this London workshop.

Whether you're an advanced printer or a true beginner, you will find the 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!

Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 2 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we'll cancel the class; in this case we'll inform you and allow you to get a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.


Knowledge required
Anyone can get hands-on with letterpress, we are all creative!
 
What you'll get
  • A letterpress machine to use plus all the materials you need to make a work of art.
  • Tea and coffee available.
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

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

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

This would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, anniversary gift or birthday gift.

Location

Pixel Press - 5 Shelford Place, London, N16 9HS, England

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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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