Groundworks Art Lab

No experience is required for a fun workshop in which you set type and print your own greeting cards to celebrate Fall, holidays, or whatever you please.  Participants at all levels of letterpress experience are welcome. Enjoy this playful but exciting departure from traditional card printing in which we will print 5 x 7” cards on Crane Lettra, a cardstock that works well for letterpress. The first print run will be a simple background collage of images from our collection of vintage engravings, large letters, or other symbols. Or participants can print on cards that were previously debossed (blind stamped) with a geometric pattern on the card front. Students may hand set type and print the interior message.

The second print run will be of handset type. Participants can select a typeface with which to create a short message to print on top of the background.

Each person will take home 10 cards and envelopes. 

We'll break for lunch

16+

The Book Arts League is a Colorado-based community of individuals who share an interest in letterpress printing, calligraphy, and bookbinding.

https://www.bookartsleague.org/