Learn the slow craft of letterpress in Fortitude Valley
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440, letterpress was the most common form of printing for the following 500 years. With each individual printed letter originating from its own wooden or lead type block, the art of letterpress is for those with patience, precise hands and a willingness to try again.
With the resurgence of craft, and the desire to slow down and create by hand at the forefront of our minds, a few typography lovers have been hard at work sourcing and growing a collection of antique tools so that Brisbane can try its hand at this vintage craftsmanship for the first time.
With Johnny Cash playing overhead, mixing with the whir and whoosh of a platen press, take a letterpress workshop and learn the motions of this historic design form at Design College Australia in Fortitude Valley.
With plans to open a public letterpress space in a restored 1930s bacon factory, soon to be dubbed the Brisbane Museum of Print, get letterpress-savvy now so you can create cards, prints, posters and publications at your tortoise-speed leisure.