Workshop
PROGRAMME
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LETTERPRESS WORKSHOPS CRAFTED FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES.
We developed our letterpress workshops with valuable help from people like you. People who want to explore this amazing technology that shaped politics, science and culture. People who want to share in the process of letterpress, make beautiful prints and get their hands dirty – all while having a great time.
Our workshops are designed for four to eight people, so you can team up with your studio or join up with friends for a day of creativity, collaboration and experimentation in our inky Brunswick East studio.
Slow down for the day, print on our incredible antique machinery and take home a set of posters or notebooks that you will letterpress print yourself.
Wood Type Poster Edition Workshop
Explore our antique collection of wood type and create your own compositions, manifestos or overprinting experiments on our hand-fed press.
- Create 100 wood type letterpress posters
- $1,590+gst (in total, for up to 6 people)
During this letterpress workshop we’ll guide you through composing, setting up and letterpress printing century-old wood type on our hand-fed Asbern Proof Press, circa 1960.
- Letterpress print up to 100 prints
- Create multiple wood type compositions
- Choose one or two Pantone ink colours
- Size: 350 x 500mm (or smaller)
- Paper: Wild 300gsm (35% cotton)
Participants: Ideally 4–8 people
Time: 3–4 hours
Day: Weekdays preferred, weekends subject to availability.
Location: Hungry Workshop, 71 Nicholson St, Brunswick East
Modern Letterpress Poster Edition Workshop
Craft your own limited edition prints with a modern twist on traditional letterpress.
- Create 100 contemporary letterpress posters
- $1,680+gst (in total, for up to 6 people)
We’ll transform your artwork into a custom plate and guide you through the inky, hands-on process of bringing each piece to life on our hand-fed Asbern Proof Press (circa 1960), one print at a time.
- Letterpress print up to 100 prints
- One Pantone colour
- Artwork size: 330 x 482mm (one kind of artwork per workshop)
- Paper size: 350 x 500mm (or smaller)
- Paper: Wild 300gsm (35% cotton)
Participants: Ideally 4–8 people
Time: 3–4 hours
Day: Weekdays preferred, weekends subject to availability.
Location: Hungry Workshop, 71 Nicholson St, Brunswick East
Custom Letterpress Notebook Workshop
Create your own limited edition notebooks, with covers beautifully letterpress printed in vintage wood type or your custom artwork.
- Create 60 custom notebooks
- Cost: $2,730+gst (in total, for up to 6 people)
In this workshop, we’ll letterpress print the covers either our hand-fed Asbern Proof Press, circa 1960, or our hand-fed and foot-treadled Chandler & Price, which over 100 years old. Then you’ll hand-collate the pages while we carefully sew and trim each notebook to size. Finish them off with a satisfying turn on our round-cornering machine for that final, tactile touch.
- 60 notebooks with 64 internal pages
- Cover letterpress printed in one Pantone colour
- Notebook size: 130 x 185mm (finished)
- Cover paper: Colorplan 270gsm (colour TBC)
- Internal paper: Revive Laser 100gsm (100% recycled post-consumer waste, carbon neutral and Australian made) with offset printed dots, lines or blank
Participants: Ideally 4–8 people
Time: 5–6 hours
Day: Weekdays preferred, weekends subject to availability.
Location: Hungry Workshop, 71 Nicholson St, Brunswick East
Linocut & Letterpress Workshop
This beginner friendly workshop will introduce you to the craft of linocut and letterpress printing techniques.
You’ll carve an ‘Illuminated Letter’ of your choosing and letterpress print it in two colors using a reduction technique.
No linocut, design or print experience is necessary, this workshop is created for beginners who have a keen interest in the world of typography, linocutting and letterpress printing.
During the first day of the workshop we will explore different design options, walk through how to transfer your design to the lino and begin carving.
Once your carving is finished, we’ll guide you through setting up and letterpress printing the first colour on our hundred year old Chandler & Price printing presses.