Location Leicester Print Workshop Date & Time Saturday 16th December10.00am - 1.00pm. Tutor Sat Kalsi Following a series of demonstrations and try your hand at how to set, proof and lock type into a chase ready to print on our Adana presses. Working up to A6 you will create small edition cards and postcards. About the Tutor Sat Kalsi is a typesetter and printmaker based in Brighton and Leicester. Working largely with letterpress she uses lead type to produce type-based prints. She completed a BA in Graphic Design at the University of the Arts London (2008). She currently works as part of the studio team for Leicester Print Workshop and also as a Technical Demonstrator in the letterpress workshop for the University of Brighton School of Art, Design and Media. Course structure An introduction into the letterpress area and location of both lead and wood type Health and safety Demonstration: How to set lead type using composing stick Demonstration: How to take lines of type off the composing stick ready to take a proof print on the galley press. Packing explained. Demonstration: How to hand burnish Students will print using both the galley press and hand burnishing techniques. Bookings Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal. Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174. In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque. Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking. Concessions Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.
