Sat 5 Sep · 10am
Micro-communities Spring 26: OCTAVO LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP
69-73 Charles St · Coburg North
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'Micro-communities' : OCTAVO LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP
- 10am – 4pm Saturday 5 September 2026
- Bookings closing Monday 5 August
Join Commoners Press for an introductory letterpress workshop.
We are all part of various 'Micro-communities', by choice or otherwise. Use images and handset type to create and print your own double-page spread on this theme.
Using metal type and image 'plates' along with our 70 year-old Heidelberg ‘red-ball’ letterpress to assemble, print and bind a small (85 x 130mm) ‘octavo’ format 16 page chapbook booklet.
- Learn about letterpress and small book production
- Set your own double page spread with image and type
- Help with printing and binding
Numbers are limited to 5-7 for this introductory workshop and all skill levels are welcome, register early to secure your place.
Cost of $155, which includes
- Lunch and morning tea
- Photopolymer plate of your supplied artwork
- Two copies of the 85 x 130mm finished booklet to take home
- Four 170 x 130mm double-page-spread ‘postcards’ of your own double page spread.
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