Notebook Block Printing & Binding Workshop 3/8/25
Notebook Block Printing & Binding Workshop 3/8/25
Sunday, March 28th, 2025 from noon-5pm eastern time.
Learn how to print and bind your own 8 x 5.25" 100-page notebook!
Instead of traditional typesetting, we'll use the playful proofing technique that I use to "sketch" ideas on my vintage Vandercook Presses dating back to the 1960s. We’ll use a curated selection of vintage metal & wood type and ornaments and an array of ink colors to print one-off notebook covers. After printing, participants will learn a 5-hole pamphlet stitch to bind a notebook with their favorite freshly printed cover.
Each participant will head home with a finished hand-bound notebook, their other printed covers to bind on their own time, a hand-bound Binding Instruction Booklet, as well as a newfound appreciation & knowledge of printing history.
No prior letterpress printing or design experience necessary whatsoever. This workshop is open to anyone, but I ask that any children under 18 are accompanied with a parent or guardian (separate ticket necessary if you both want to make your own journals).
This workshop is held in the Gingerly Press Studio located on the first floor in the Ice House Studios (wheelchair accessible) in the lively Central Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. After the workshop, enjoy dinner right up the street at one of the many locations along Butler Street— invite a friend and make an afternoon & evening of it!
Coffee, tea, water and light snacks will be provided during the workshop.
Workshop participants will have access to 15% off all Gingerly Press products during their time in the studio.
The week of the workshop, I will send you an email reminder for the event & travel details. See my Workshop FAQs for additional details in the meantime.
Workshops require a minimum of 4 participants to run. In the event that a workshop does not meet this minimum, you will receive a full-refund 48-hours prior to the workshop date.
Workshop Cancellation Policy:
Gingerly Press reserves the right to cancel a workshop if fewer than 4 participants register, or in the event of dangerous weather conditions.
We require at least 3 days notice of cancellation to receive a full refund. Any cancellation less than 3 days prior to the workshop, will receive a workshop credit good for 60 days for any available workshop of equal value.
If you are more than 45 minutes late, you will be considered a “no show” and it will be too late to receive a refund, workshop credit or begin typesetting & printing at this point.
To cancel or reschedule a workshop, please email lindsay@gingerlypress.com.
