Letterpress: Create at Lunch

>This class will be taught in-person if permitted by the State of Washington.<<

If you’ve been curious about letterpress printing, but not ready to dive into a multi-week class, how about a couple of hours over your lunch break? For a small investment of time and dollars, you can spend part of your day creating in our beautifully equipped letterpress shop. While letterpress printing is a skill that can take a lifetime to master, you can definitely produce some great results more quickly than you might think. So, for those of you who have been wanting to stick a tiny toe into the letterpress waters, this little workshop will knock your socks off.

$95 registration can be done here.

One day’s not nearly enough time to learn the intricacies of letterpress, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had when you stick to basics and shoot from the hip — especially when you have an experienced letterpress instructor giving you help and inspiration. Whether you’re new to letterpress or know the lay of a type case like the back of your hand, you’ll enjoy playing with SVC’s collection of wood type and imagery, experimenting both on and off press with hand-inking and overprinting. And here’s another bonus: You can apply the tuition from this lunch workshop towards a multi-week letterpress class (not combinable with other discounts). So now you have one more reason to come learn these skills and more:

• How to select the right typeface
• Printing with pre-carved linocut images
• Mixing inks to create the desired hue
• Best way to hand-ink a form
• The delightful effects of imprecise registration
• Operating a hand proofing press