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

N.N.

 

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.