
letterpress workshop, photo: Manu HarmsSchlaf

photo: Manu HarmsSchlaf

photo: Frank Kleinbach

photo: Frank Kleinbach

photo: Lowland
In the
letterpress workshop
wood and linoleum cuts up to 50 x 70 cm can be created, as well as monoprints and heliogravure. In two hot metal typesetting units with font sizes from 6-48 points, texts, justifications, continuous text, and rag texts can be set from poems or short texts. The workshop is equipped with various manual presses as well as a reproduction camera for heliogravure, offering unique possibilities to try classical letterpress techniques. Workshop users should have prior experience with letterpress.
Equipment
- 2 hot metal typesetting unites
- 2 FAG manual presses
- Knee press
User fee
€10 / day
Workshop Manager
NEWS
We are looking for a new workshop manager. Are you interested? Please contact the general manager Romy Range at rr@kuenstlerhaus.de.
The workshop is currently not bookable due to the lack of a workshop manager.