CEBA 112: Letterpress I

Come and learn to hand set metal and wood type, mix ink, use letterpress printing presses, determine paper grain, pull proofs, print, and distribute type. You can print cards or broadsides, short poems or other short text of your choice using the selection of wood and metal type and ornaments available in Emily Carr's Letterpress room. This course focuses on the traditional methods of hand typesetting using the school's collection of metal and wood type. The class also includes an opportunity for students to do linocut printmaking, and hot foil stamping. Our rich printing history comes to life as you discover the origins of design methods and language we all use in the digital world today.