Poster Design with Letterpress

NC731-01

Start Date

09/14

Time

10am–4pm

Room

Tower 9th Floor Letterpress Lab

End Date

09/21

Meeting Day

Saturdays

Credits

0

Design and print a poster using traditional letterpress techniques. This hands-on course teaches the basics of letterpress printing. Learn how to set type and how to operate the four presses. A variety of techniques will be shown and ample class time will be provided to have fun and explore what the letterpress studio has to offer.  At the end of the workshop, students will have a small edition of 12” x 18” posters. 

Topics include typography, page layout, and color 



This class meets in person on campus.

This class has ended.

Erin Davis

Erin Davis is a designer, printmaker, and educator based in Boston. She earned her BFA in graphic design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and completed an artist residency at Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in Two Rivers, WI.  She teaches Letterpress I and II at MassArt. Her work has been displayed at … Read more