Chromatic Wood Type Printing
May 3 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$70
This half-day workshop introduces participants to chromatic printing; the process of printing multiple colours in wood type (for instance, a blue letter with a red drop shadow). Using NERAM’s F.T.Wimble collection as a starting point, we will speculatively extend a historic font into the chromatic sphere by designing and printing a second chromatic layer. This class fuses knowledge from current digital techniques with historical type and equipment, placing participants at the intersection of past and present.
Participants will learn some type history while getting their hands dirty through printing with the historical equipment in the NERAM collection.
VENUE | Museum of Printing
DATE | Saturday May 3
TIME | 10am -1pm
COST | $70
All materials supplied.
Max 10 participants
About the presenter: Wayne Thompson is a type designer and began Australian Type Foundry in 2001. He has a Masters degree in Typeface Design (MResTD) from the University of Reading, UK, the world’s most highly regarded type design program. Wayne has been serving as a board member of ATypI.org. since 2023.
Terms and Conditions
- All bookings for events, art classes and workshops require payment in full at the time of booking
- Please book by Tuesday 29th April. Please be aware that once bookings close, we are unable to offer a refund
- If the class does not proceed, you will be refunded any cash amount
- NERAM events have a limited capacity and use a ticketing system. Bookings are essential
Image Credit: Wayne Thompson, Cedric colorfont.
