Letterpress workshop, November 10 & 17

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Some images from our two-day workshop in the basics of letterpress printing with instructor Jodi Green. Students began in the first session by setting type for a business card as a practice form, and printing it on cardstock with black ink.

letterpress workshop, Nov 10 & 17

letterpress workshop, Nov 10 & 17

During the second session, students collaborated on a holiday card design. They chose to use offset lines of type and mix different typefaces and point sizes, so there was an extra challenge of having to find creative ways to pack an irregular form and keep all of the type immobile for printing.

The form set up on the press:

letterpress workshop, Nov 10 & 17

The finished cards: silver ink on green card stock.

letterpress workshop, Nov 10 & 17

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