Category: Letterpress for beginners
Later topic: wanting to learn letterpress
Earlier topic: Looking for Training in NE Ohio

Arlington, Virginia

Hello,
I would love to connect with other people interested in the art of letterpress. I am looking for classes, workshops and/or apprenticeships in or near Arlington, Virginia. Please let me know if you have any leads.
Thank you.

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  • MKdeR
  • on 22 Jan 09 (21:45)

I believe both these places offer classes -

http://www.railwaystationpress.com/

http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

  • DBurnette
  • on 22 Jan 09 (22:10)
  • Updated 22 Jan 09 (22:12)

I’m in Alexandria, though presses, type and other letterpress equipment except reference books are in Texas, as I’m moving sometime soon.

Take a look at:
http://www.railwaystationpress.com/
I’ve never met them, but they offer workshops in Alexandria on a pilot, which is a great way to get started.

http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/
They provide an open studio with a couple of Vandercooks, a C&P, some type, and ancillary equipment. They also offer workshops. Again, I’ve never seen the facility.

We also have some others in the area, like Typecast Press in Baltimore and http://www.letterpressinc.com/.

If you are extremely ambitious, and have a lot of time and money, you can cast your own type, and there are a few near here like Rich Hopkins in WV and Stan Nelson in MD who do.

And I will be around for the next couple months as well, though I could be considered a hobbyist and amateur historian at best.

Edit: I guess MKdeR beat me to the punch, inefficient multitasker that I am.

Thanks, DBurnette and MKdeR for your replies.

I’m actually taking a workshop tomorrow - I’d be delighted to meet you sometime if you’re around - maybe we could start a group near Arlington?

Thank you again for your responses.
-Ji