Quality Letterpress Courses in Amsterdam
One last place left – due to a cancellation – for ‘Slow Printing’, a Summer Letterpress Course in Holsted, Denmark
A truly unique opportunity to spend five days typesetting and printing with a small group of participants in a rural setting in Denmark.
11–16 July 2016
The cost of this five-day course will be 500 € including Danish VAT. The minimum amount of participants is 6, and the maximum is 8.
Thomas Gravemaker from LetterpressAmsterdam and Jens Jørgen Hansen, bogtrykker – two international well-known and experienced letterpress printers – will run this Summer course from the studio that Jens has established in the small countryside town Holsted between Kolding and Esbjerg, Denmark.
You will, in a common project of a type-o-graphic book, be working with one of the largest private collections of wood and metal types in Scandinavia and printing on the well-maintained hand operated proof and lever presses.
A visual tour in the workshop can be found here https://www.flickr.com/photos/bogtrykkeren/albums/72157652391162329
We can supply you with a list of bed-and-breakfast and hotels, and the possibility exists to camp in the garden. Holsted can be reached by train as well as Billund Airport is situated only 30 km from Holsted.
Would you be interested to participate, and find out more about our Summer Course, please send an e-mail to: Thomas at tomscot@kpnmail.nl or Jens at bogtryk@letterpress.dk
Extra, extra…
Due to the great success of the recent Kaba ornament workshop, we (Thomas Gravemaker and Marina Chaccur) organize another weekend. Date: Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June.
Capital Spacing, a two-day workshop – combining digital fonts and letterpress – with the renowned type-designer Martin Majoor and Thomas Gravemaker, founder of LetterpressAmsterdam, will take place on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 September.
For more information and/or reservation, send us an e-mail: tomscot@kpnmail.nl.
Programme workshops and courses 2016
Slow printing! Use your hands, work with metal and wood type, composing sticks, paper, ink and tools.
Letterpress courses in a unique and inspiring location in the centre of Amsterdam. Just a 10-minute walk from Central Station. Personal attention for small groups or one-2-one courses. Well equipped, fascinating workspace with a variety of type and presses…
Professional approach with experienced, knowledgeable and passionate teaching
Courses for small groups and/or individuals
Hands-on approach
Quality type and equipment available
Courses available in Dutch, English, French and German
I bring years of experience, you bring enthusiasm, questions and a willingness to learn.
Evening courses
Learn all about letterpress! Eight evenings filled with type, ink, paper and presses.
Starting Monday 18 April, from 19:00–21:30 hrs
325 €, inclusive of materials, coffee and tea etc.
Weekend courses
During the 2-day course, you will get a thorough introduction to letterpress printing. You will learn to set metal and wood type, and print on Vandercook or Korrex proofpresses.
16–17 April, from 10:00–17:00 hrs
14–15 May, from 10:00–17:00 hrs
28–29 May, from 10:00–17:00 hrs (Fully booked)
250 €, inclusive of materials, coffee and tea etc.
Photopolymer courses
If you want to work to an extremely high standard with photopolymer and learn in a professionnal way, then this 1-day course is the answer. All year round by appointment.
175 €, inclusive of coffee and tea etc.
Made-to-measure and advanced courses
For those who are more advanced, or have a special request we offer the possibility to have a made-to-measure course. Please contact us…
Open workshop
All year round we offer people with letterpress experience the possibility to use quality type, presses and photopolymer equipment in our workshop.
Thomas Gravemaker (typographer, letterpress printer and master of the workshop) will be there to advise, assist and guide you.
No more than two persons per workshop, you will have your own press and you’re guaranteed practical personal attention throughout the week.
Available are: two flatbed cylinder proofpresses (a Vandercook Universal I and a Korrex Hannover), a tabletop platen press, an Adana 8 × 5 platen press, and photopolymer equipment.
Do contact us, and we’ll discuss the possibilities.
5 days, from 10:00–17:00, 400 €, tea, coffee and refreshments included.
Collection & Book
Chosing a small selection of your favoured objects, you will use the following techniques: lino/blockprinting, letterpress, and bookbinding.
5–7 August 2016
395 €, inclusive of materials, coffee, tea, lunch etc.
Tour de Graphique ‘Dada’
The theme of this workshop is ‘Dada’. Think of Man Ray, Theo van Doesburg or Sophie Taeuber-Arp. We will use intaglio, block and stencil printing; letterpress, and bookbinding.
26–28 August 2016
395 €, inclusive of materials, coffee, tea, lunch etc.
Three highly qualified teachers, Carola Rombouts, Thomas Gravemaker & Marja Wilgenkamp, organize workshops in Amsterdam. We offer expert tuition in two different workshops, both situated in the city centre. Furthermore, interesting ateliers, good equipment and personalized attention!
For further information
www.grafiekdrukkerij.nl info@grafiekdrukkerij.nl
www.letterpressamsterdam.com tomscot@kpnmail.nl
www.bindery-wilgenkamp.com info@boekbinderij-wilgenkamp.nl
MIAT, Ghent, Belgium
A two-day letterpress workshop in one of the finest typographical workshops in Europe.
6–7 May 2016
For more information and/or reservation:
http://www.miat.gent.be/nl/activiteiten/workshops/drukworkshop-letterkunst-typografie
…further courses and workshops will be announced throughout the year…