sesame letterpress: make your own impression

February 26th, 2010 | brooklyn, ideas

for christmas, j. gave me a great present  — a class with sesame letterpress.    sesame letterpress specializes in gorgeous letterpress stationery, wedding and baby announcements and other paper miscellany.    the super nice husband and wife team breck hostetter and matt heindl design the printed goods themselves, and then letterpress them by hand, one-by-one, with one of their victorian machines.  

in the class, coordinated by make workshop, we got to create 50 monogrammed note cards with lined envelopes.  the first class was lots of talk: a little history about the letterpress, a tour of the machines and review of our instructions (stick with a simple design, and only one color for us beginners).  once we finished our design, we emailed it to sesame letterpress, and they sent it off to have our plate made.  the next weekend, under the guidance of matt, we got our designs done beautifully in about an hour after mixing colors just so, and getting to the perfect setting on the cast iron machines. so satisfying to hand pull each one.  here are some photos that sesame has taken of to get you inspired.  now i really want to make some business cards, and they say they might have such a class in may, so stay tuned.   the classes are held at sesame letterpress’s studio in dumbo, so i put together a mini guide with some good shops and treats as a reward for a job well done.

brooklyn, classes, dumbo, ideas
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