Two participants printing with two adana printing presses.

Workshop - Intro to Letterpress (September 2026)

$54.60
$54.60 $70.00
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Two participants printing with two adana printing presses.
  • Two participants printing with two adana printing presses.
  • Six participants proudly showing off their freshly printed prints
  • Four participants gathering around to check one of their freshly printed creations in front of an Adana press.
  • Close up of a pair of hands locking up a printing chase with a quoin key on a printer's stone.
  • A bird's eye view of a type case full of Bodoni typeface.
  • An Adana printing press with a locked up chase full of metal type and orange coloured ink on the inking disk.
  • Two participants printing with two adana printing presses.
  • Six participants proudly showing off their freshly printed prints
  • Four participants gathering around to check one of their freshly printed creations in front of an Adana press.
  • Close up of a pair of hands locking up a printing chase with a quoin key on a printer's stone.
  • A bird's eye view of a type case full of Bodoni typeface.
  • An Adana printing press with a locked up chase full of metal type and orange coloured ink on the inking disk.
Workshop - Intro to Letterpress (September 2026)

Workshop - Intro to Letterpress (September 2026)

$54.60
$54.60 $70.00

Discover how to create prints using movable type and vintage presses.

PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED WORKSHOP DATE IS NOW SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2026.


THE DETAILS

Date & Time: Sunday 13th September, 9:30am to 1:00pm (3.5 hours)

Location: Bright Press, located in the Village section within Whiteman Park. Enter from Beechboro Rd (via Hepburn Ave) or Drumpellier Dr (formerly Lord St).

Join this fun workshop and learn about the history of letterpress printing, explore manual typesetting with movable type and print your own small quote, notecards or personalised stationery. 

This is the pre-requisite workshop for future letterpress workshops that build towards independent explorations in printmaking.

No printing experience required. 

Please bring an apron or old shirt you are willing to get ink and dirt on for this printing workshop.

All printing materials will be provided.

Registration Deadline: Thursday 10th September 2026, 4pm

 

About our facilitator:

Ann Ong is the owner of Bright Press. She is super passionate about letterpress printing, and even with over 14 years of printing experience, she never stops wanting to learn more about printing history, and to push the boundaries in letterpress printing. At Bright Press, Ann not only produces custom and bespoke stationery for clients using a fleet of vintage printing presses, but is a curator and educator in letterpress printing history. 

 

NB: Minimum of 2 participants for the workshop to proceed. If there are not enough participants signed for the workshop, Bright Press will cancel the event, and all signed up participants will be notified at least 2 working days ahead and receive a full refund.

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