Team Building Workshops
Build connections and relationships as you collaboratively create letterpress-printed products that everyone takes home or to the office! A letterpress printing workshop is fun and educational, with a little printing history thrown in.
Participants work in pairs or small teams on a variety of aspects of letterpress printing with vintage type using century-old printing presses. Your workshop will be led by the letterpress artist herself, Lindsay Schmittle, who is a nationally well-known letterpress designer and owner of Gingerly Press, established in 2013.
We offer a variety of experiences and ways to promote working collaboratively together, including designing a composition, solving the puzzle of locking up the type to build the composition, and learning a new language together. Each member pulls their own prints which involves their own inking of a composition. Each member brings their individual perspective to the group design. The workshop process gives ample opportunity for informal conversations. The experience includes a group picture, a charcuterie board, and coffee, tea, and water. Workshops can also be BYOB.
You choose from the list of workshop types and we customize to meet your specific needs. We can accommodate groups of 6-12 or larger groups with multiple sessions. No prior letterpress printing or design experience is necessary whatsoever. Each workshop lasts 4-5 hours. Common workshop times are morning (9am-1pm) or afternoon (1pm-5pm) and flexible to your team’s preference.
Team Building Workshop Options
Team Poster Designing, Typesetting & Printing
Make some posters for the office as a team-building experience! The team together designs an artful, inspiring 11 x 14 or 8 x 10 poster with three design layers. The team then splits into three groups with each group typesetting a single design layer. Each team member pulls individual prints with all three printed layers using their own color choices to culminate in a set of different colored versions of the same collaboratively designed poster, one for each team member to take home or to their office.
4-5 hours | $125 per person
Individual Notebook Designing, Printing & Binding
Gather your team to design notebooks for an upcoming project or event or just to use as a personal journal. Team members work side by side using a block-printing technique to print their own individual notebook cover with vintage type and image blocks. The team learns how to hand-bind their own notebook using their printed cover, so each team member leaves with a hand-printed, hand-bound notebook.
4-5 hours | $135 per person
Drink Coaster Designing, Typesetting & Printing in Pairs
Engage your team in cooperatively creating a set of fun drink coasters. Team members work in pairs to create and typeset a coaster design using vintage type and image blocks. Each team member prints coasters and trades so everyone goes home with a set of different coasters, 2 of each design made by their colleagues.
4-5 hours | $125 per person
Folded Card Designing, Typesetting & Printing in Pairs
Spend time with coworkers learning how to design and typeset folded greeting cards or postcards. Work in pairs or individually side-by-side to create different card designs. Each team member prints a set of 10 cards to be kept as a set or traded with their colleagues so everyone goes home with a variety pack of 10 folded greeting cards with envelopes or postcards.
4-5 hours | $125 per person
Individual Wall Art Block Printing Play
Enjoy some loose creative play together through a playful quick-stamping printing technique used to create one-of-a-kind wall art. Work individually side-by-side printing using a curated selection of vintage type and image blocks and an array of ink colors. Each team member will head home with a collection of one-off printed designs in various small sizes that fit in standard-sized frames.
3-4 hours | $98 per person
Preset Quote Poster Printing & Individual Block-Printing Play
Enjoy some loose creative play together through a playful block-printing technique used to create one-of-a-kind wall art. Work individually side-by-side printing by stamping blocks from a curated selection of vintage type and image blocks and an array of ink colors. Each team member will head home with a collection of one-off printed designs in various small sizes that fit in standard-sized frames.
