Course Details
Poster Power
Dates will be avalible shortly
Personal Interest
Tools and Techniques
Victoria University Community Continuing Education
Level 2, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington City
Full Day
9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday
9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday
$200.00
Early Bird Payment Fee 24/04/11 $180.00
Early Bird Payment Fee 24/04/11 $180.00
Letterpress posters have a unique look and feel unrivalled by any other technology. Using the large collection of 19th-century wood types at Wai-te-ata Press, you will learn how to design, typeset and print an A3 poster that packs a punch and stands out from the crowd. By the end of this one-day course you will have created a one-of-a-kind artwork.
No previous experience is necessary, but some pre-course activity is required.
Target Audience:
This course is for anyone interested in design, typography and historic printing methods.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will have:
* learnt basic letterpress design and printing techniques
* discussed historic and contemporary typographic styles and designs associated with wood-type posters
* evaluated successful communication design.
Course Outline:
* Poster history
* History of wood-type manufacturing and use
* Practical letterpress exercises
Course Format:
This is a one-day course held on Saturday 7 May (11C025A) and repeated on Sunday 8 May (11C025B).
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided. Participants will need to bring their own lunch.
Schedule:
Sunday 8th May 2011 9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop
Class Limit:
This course is limited to a maximum of 12 participants.
Places are limited, so please enrol early.
No previous experience is necessary, but some pre-course activity is required.
Target Audience:
This course is for anyone interested in design, typography and historic printing methods.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will have:
* learnt basic letterpress design and printing techniques
* discussed historic and contemporary typographic styles and designs associated with wood-type posters
* evaluated successful communication design.
Course Outline:
* Poster history
* History of wood-type manufacturing and use
* Practical letterpress exercises
Course Format:
This is a one-day course held on Saturday 7 May (11C025A) and repeated on Sunday 8 May (11C025B).
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided. Participants will need to bring their own lunch.
Schedule:
Sunday 8th May 2011 9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop
Class Limit:
This course is limited to a maximum of 12 participants.
Places are limited, so please enrol early.
Sydney J Shep is Senior Lecturer in Print and Book Culture and The Printer, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington. In addition to using the large collection of historic printing equipment, she researches topics as diverse as colonial paper and papermaking, graffiti, emoticons and reading during the Boer War. She was recently awarded a Marsden grant for a project entitled "The Printers' Web: Typographical Journals and Global Communication Networks in the Nineteenth Century".