Express Yourself with Letterpress

Print & Book Arts

Express Yourself with Letterpress

Learn the basics of letterpress printing and create your own printed pieces you can share near and far.

Member

$158.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$195.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Sat, 6/14/2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sat, 6/14/2025

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite

Location:
Print & Book Arts Studio

Interests:
Printmaking

About

This non-technical workshop focuses on the immediacy of letterpress printing. Using the type and letterpress resources of BARN’s Print & Book Arts Studio, you’ll be guided in the preparation of printing pieces with your own message, slogan, belief, or bit of sage advice. 
You’ll be exposed to the simplest form of relief printing: ink, paper, and working with type. Working in small poster format, you can be bold and daring with type. By the end of the session, through collaboration and individual expression, you’ll have finished prints to take home.

Details

  • Skill level: All.
  • Bring lunch for our short, mid-day break. BARN has a refrigerator and a microwave you can use on the lower level. 

Materials

  • A $5 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you'll need. 
  • You should bring a short slogan, saying, aphorism, quote, or statement of belief.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Ellie Mathews

Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann have been letterpress printers for over 40 years, and have taught a variety of workshops at the School of Visual Concepts, Partners in Print, and BARN, including introduction to letterpress, photo manipulation for letterpress, DIY photopolymer techniques, broadside design, and typography. They are partners in The North Press in Port Townsend, where they specialize in poetry broadside design and production.

Carl Youngmann

Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann have been letterpress printers for over 40 years, and have taught a variety of workshops at the School of Visual Concepts, Partners in Print, and BARN, including introduction to letterpress, photo manipulation for letterpress, DIY photopolymer techniques, broadside design, and typography. They are partners in The North Press in Port Townsend, where they specialize in poetry broadside design and production.

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