BE MY VALENTINE! GREETING CARD WORKSHOP
Instructed by Laura Beyer (Hearty Greetings)
Saturday, February 8, 10am-4pm
Class Size: Maximum 8
Design your own letterpress Valentine’s Day cards in this one-day workshop. Students will learn basic lead typesetting and printing techniques to create a set of twenty 4x 6 folded greeting cards with your custom design. This workshop will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Celebrate with your special someone, enjoy learning something new or refine your letterpress skills to create a special Valentine love note! Come with an idea of your message. Think short and sweet, keep text within 6 words or less or about 40 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by guest instructor and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
Instructed by Laura Beyer (Hearty Greetings)
Saturday, February 8, 10am-4pm
Class Size: Maximum 8
Design your own letterpress Valentine’s Day cards in this one-day workshop. Students will learn basic lead typesetting and printing techniques to create a set of twenty 4x 6 folded greeting cards with your custom design. This workshop will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Celebrate with your special someone, enjoy learning something new or refine your letterpress skills to create a special Valentine love note! Come with an idea of your message. Think short and sweet, keep text within 6 words or less or about 40 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by guest instructor and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
Instructed by Laura Beyer (Hearty Greetings)
Saturday, February 8, 10am-4pm
Class Size: Maximum 8
Design your own letterpress Valentine’s Day cards in this one-day workshop. Students will learn basic lead typesetting and printing techniques to create a set of twenty 4x 6 folded greeting cards with your custom design. This workshop will teach the primary skills of letterpress printing using type from Signal-Return’s extensive collection. Each participant will learn how to properly compose, lock-up, and print a form on our presses.
Celebrate with your special someone, enjoy learning something new or refine your letterpress skills to create a special Valentine love note! Come with an idea of your message. Think short and sweet, keep text within 6 words or less or about 40 letters.
Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by guest instructor and takeaway prints. Paper in this workshop is from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.
Instructor: Laura Beyer
Laura Beyer is an artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. She graduated with her BFA from Albion College and her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Laura’s artwork has been collected by colleges & universities, private collections as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Her letterpress business, Hearty Greetings, uses the long tradition of print along with the modern possibilities of design to produce artisanal goods for special occasions or everyday use.