NEW DATES FOR 2013:
January 12: Kid Printer
January 19 & 26: Learn Letterpress
March 16 & 23: Learn Letterpress
April 6: Kid Printer
May 18-19: Learn Letterpress
July 6: Kid Printer
July 20 & 27: Learn Letterpress
September 21 & 28: Learn Letterpress
October 5: Kid Printer
November 16-17: Learn Letterpress
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For Kid Printer workshops BOOK HERE
Learn Letterpress
Learn how to set and print metal type on both a cylinder proof press and a hand-fed platen press. We’ll cover the minutiae of handsetting, locking up and makeready. You’ll leave knowing how to recognise a tight tympan, how to check roller height and all about the finer points of good inking. You’ll learn how to feed the press, maintain ink levels, avoid offset and maintain registration. You’ll take home comprehensive notes and a completed project of your own design. Successful completion of the course allows students to print at the studio during open studio hours.
Time: 10am–5pm, both days. Please note that the January, March, July and September workshops are held on two consecutive Saturdays. The May and November workshops are weekend intensives.
Cost: $425. Includes all materials.
Maximum four students per workshop.
Kid Printer
This workshop is for kids aged 8 and above, accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. You’ll learn how to handset type and will print on both a cylinder proof press and a hand-fed platen press. Both kid and grown-up printers will go home with something they’ve set and printed themselves.
Time: 1pm-4pm.
Cost: $125. Includes all materials.
Maximum four kids per workshop (plus adults.)
Location: Idlewild Press
at the Compound Interest Centre for Applied Arts
15-25 Keele Street
Collingwood 3066.
Please call or write with any questions: hello {at} carolynfraser {dot} com or +61 401 409 325.