Druksels on the Letterpress (Workshop)

On his Letterpress, Dutch designer and printer, Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman experimented with wood type, printing blocks, and other type-high material found around his print shop in the early 20th century. He appropriated materials originally intended for verbal text to create typographic visual illustrations. This workshop is designed for participants to work with wood type and through hands-on play, learn about Werkman’s unorthodox printing process. Together we will create colorful compositions printed by blocks that Werkman called “druksels.” Working in the same vein as Werkman, participants will produce a series of monoprints that embrace experimentation in the spirit of the Boundless Bound Symposium & Art Book Fair.