Hamilton Wood Type Intensive

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Saturday October 11th: 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Ticket Price: $15 - $75

Working closely with Hamilton Wood Type + Printing Museum's (HWTM) Jim Moran, museum director, and Bill Moran, Museum artistic director, participants in this workshop will conceptualize, compose and print an edition of original letterpress prints from authentic Hamilton Wood Type in combination with lead and wood type from the Common Press.

The workshop includes an introduction to letterpress printing and a brief presentation about the influence/legacy of Hamilton Wood Type. No letterpress experience needed. All materials will be provided. Every participant takes home at least one signed print of the edition.

Limit: 15 people. Tickets will be on sale starting September 18.

All Hamilton Wood Type workshops and demonstrations being offered during DesignPhiladelphia are in conjunction with The Hamilton Wood Type Exhibition, on view at AIGA Space through October 31.

This event is featured on designfeed, the official blog of the DesignPhiladelphia Festival. Read more here.

Who’s Coming

The Common Press (at UPenn)
205 South 34th Street

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In 1981, a group of Philadelphia designers formed AIGA Philadelphia, the first local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Presently the chapter is comprised of over 600 members. AIGA Philadelphiaâ€™s purpose is both integral and complementary to the national organization: to provide the highest standards within the profession and the business community and to stimulate interest and understanding of graphic design and visual communication through lectures, exhibitions, and other activities. The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is the only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns, Hamilton's collection is one of the premier wood type collections in the world.