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Introduction to Letterpress on the Vandercook, December 2022

December 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

$167.00
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An In-Studio Workshop!

Saturday, December 3, 10am-4pm

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About this Workshop:

Get started with letterpress! This workshop will cover the basics of letterpress printing with antique lead type on a Vandercook flatbed cylinder press. You will learn how to set type, operate a Vandercook press, and clean the press; set a few lines of text of your own choosing; and print a small edition (10-15 prints).

Level: Beginner

Registration closes November 24, 2022. Material fees are included with your registration.

CLASS MATERIALS LIST:

Registration includes a $10 materials fee to cover consumable materials. Student may also wish to bring the following optional items:

  • Personal apron (or substitute clothes that can get inky)
  • Comfortable shoes (you will be on your feet most of the day)
  • Pen and paper for taking notes

YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Elisabeth Boerwinkel is a printmaker and illustrator from the Netherlands, currently living and working in Washington DC. She was most recently a Keyholder Resident for Fall/Winter 2021. Pulling her first prints in 2015 she fell in love with copperplate etching straight away. Later she wandered into a letterpress studio in Amsterdam and got obsessed with wood, metal, and heavy machinery. You can find her in the letterpress studio smelling the ink. Her work can be viewed @elisabeth_kunegonde on Instagram.

 

 

“[I enjoyed the] immediate hands on experience, and space to make mistakes and try things.”

—Previous Workshop Attendee

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