Design your own letterpress Valentine’s greetings card in this one-day workshop. Students will learn typesetting techniques to print a set of twenty folded letterpress cards with a custom greeting of your design. Using Signal-Return’s collection of type and ornaments, students will learn to properly compose, lockup, register and print their greeting card on the platen presses and/or proof presses. Enjoy learning new techniques or refining your letterpress skills to create something special to send to all your Valentines.

Cost of workshop includes materials, instruction by S-R staff and takeaway prints. Paper & envelopes in this workshop are from French Paper Company, a small Michigan Paper Mill around for more than 140 years.

Sunday, February 4, 10am-4pm

Price: $150

Class Size: Maximum 8

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.