LETTERPRESS – FALL SHORT SESSION
SEPTEMBER 22 – 27, 2024 (4 STUDIO DAYS)

Brad Vetter
Lasers and Letterpress

Walking the line between analog and digital, this workshop will explore new technologies and techniques in letterpress printing with a focus on using the laser engraver. Our duty as a new and developing generation of letterpress printers is no longer just to communicate, but also to expand the conversation, push on its limitations, and see what new things are possible in this centuries-old medium. Students will make posters using antique type and presses in collaboration with the studio’s laser engraver to discover exciting new approaches to letterpress printing. Letterpress and Photoshop/Illustrator experience will be helpful, but this workshop is open to all levels. 

Note: Students should bring a computer if they can; contact the studio operations manager if you are enrolled and are unable to bring a computer: studio_operations@penland.org

Studio artist; teaching: Miami University (OH), Northern Illinois University, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (WI); exhibitions: Danish Museum of Media, University of Akron Fine Arts (OH), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX); publications: Low-Tech Print, Uppercase Magazine, Wood Type Evolved; clients: Nike, Snoop Dogg, Chevrolet, Chris Stapleton.

bradvetterdesign.com | @bradvetter

Enrollment opens May 1