Quality Letterpress Courses in Amsterdam
Evening courses
Learn all about letterpress! Eight evenings filled with type, ink, paper and presses.
You can now book for the next 8-evening course (19:00–21:30 hrs) that starts 13 September 2016.
€ 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.
You can now book for the next weekend courses: 24–25 September, 15–16 October 2016.
€ 250, inclusive of materials, coffee and tea etc.
Weekend courses are of course available throughout July and August, e-mail us to confirm dates and availability.
KABA workshop
The KABA workshop that we announced for the beginning of June, has been rescheduled for the Autumn. Dates will be announced as soon as possible. For more information and/or an early reservation, send us an e-mail: tomscot@kpnmail.nl.
Capital Spacing workshop
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. Weekend courses are available throughout July and August, please e-mail us to confirm dates.
Summer Print Workshop
During a 3-day workshop, you will be working with letterpress and lino printing in two inspiring workshops – at LetterpressAmsterdam and the Grafiekdrukkerij of Carola Rombouts.
16–18 June 2016, welcome drink 15 June.
€ 395, inclusive of materials, coffee, tea, lunch etc.
Summer Letterpress Course in Holsted, Denmark
One last place left – due to a cancellation – for ‘Slow Printing’.
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 flickr.com/photos/bogtrykkeren
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, 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
Collection & Book
Choosing 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
Further courses and workshops will be announced throughout the year…