Letterpress Workshop - Saturday, May 11

Letterpress Workshop - Saturday, May 11

Curious about letterpress printing? This is a great way to get started. Learn the basics of letterpress printing and make your own stuff!

By Hazel & Violet

Date and time

Saturday, May 11 · 10am - 12pm MST

Location

Hazel & Violet

1301 NW Grand Ave #2b Phoenix, AZ 85007

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

  • 2 hours

Start printing with wood and metal type and our giant stash of images. Set up your project on our Line-O-Scribe; Showcard Long Master; Vandercook 01 or Potter presses. Use our paper, ink, and supplies to print your own posters, cards, coasters, and more...

> Brief tour of our 6 presses, with demos and printed samples. We will show you how to operate these presses and samples of previous projects. Discover the analog world that still exists.

> We will tour the studio and show you all of the prints from artists and printers around the world. Great opportunity to take pictures in front of our amazing poster walls.

>Orientation regarding the type, images, paper, and ink that are available to use. Check out our many type cabinets with metal and wood type that you will get to use to make your posters or other stationery projects.

> Participants then set their own type (with ongoing instruction) and set the forms up to be printed. Get a little inky! We supply the aprons.

> PRINTING! everyone can print their posters, coasters, or stationery. People often have several projects. You can print as many items as there is time for.

> Clean up - put things back where you got them, please.

Other things to note:

We have a 2 person minimum.

No experience is required! Most of our guests have never done this before. It is good to wear older clothes, but, we have aprons. Closed-toed shoes are a good idea. You may get a little inky - but we know how to get it off. A.C. all summer long in Phoenix. Restrooms and beverages are available.

$60.00 per person – 2-hour workshop. Reservations required.

Our workshops are 2-6 people. Inquire about private group workshops or custom days and times!

Organized by

"Head to Hazel & Violet during First or Third Friday, and you'll find a bustling scene complete with creatives sharing lively conversations while eager visitors try their hand at making custom coasters. Other times, you'll find folks checking out an impressive assortment of options for invitations, announcements, and stationery. Proprietor Nancy Hill manages to blend it all into a seamless seduction of the written word. The shop's walls are filled with posters that jab, inspire, and perplex. And Hill, who heads the print crew, has a glorious combination of expertise and warmth. She's even got an impressive collection of working presses, made between 1922 and 1968. Best of all, her passion for the printing press, and the Grand Avenue community she's a part of, is delightfully contagious."