Letterpress six-week course

Name: Letterpress six-week course
Start: 2024-10-15T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-15T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Bodleian Libraries

Schedule

Tue Oct 15 2024 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Bodleian Libraries | Oxford, EN

Discover the craft of letterpress printing:
In this course, instructor Richard Lawrence will introduce you to letterpress printing and you will pursue a project of your own while learning more advanced techniques such as two-colour printing.
Based in the Bodleian’s letterpress workshop within the Schola Musicae, Bodleian Old Library, you will learn the art of hand-composition with wood and metal type. The workshop includes an orientation to a range of hand-operated presses in the workshop, including the 'Duerer Press', a replica of a wooden 15th-century press, Albion and Columbian platen presses, a ‘Western’ (Vandercook-style) proofing press, and a star-wheel etching press.
This course is suitable for beginners and for those with some experience of printing. In consultation with the instructor, you will match your project to your current level of ability and learn new skills as you go along.
The classes take place on Tuesdays from 5.30–8pm on the following dates: 15 October, 22 October, 5 November, 12 November, 19 November, 26 November 2024.
Tutor:
Richard Lawrence is based in Hurst Street, Oxford, and has been printing letterpress for more than thirty years.
Booking essential: https://bodwhatson.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oct24/letterpress-course