Deeper Dives: Letterpress
Tutor
Theo Miller
5–12 November 2025, 6pm - 9pm
£98.00
- Category
- Evening
- Tutor
- Theo Miller
- Level
- Advanced
- Price
£98.00
- Duration
- 3 hours per Wednesday Evening
This two week Letterpress course allows participants to explore both wooden and lead type to create layered prints that mix play and a more formal understanding of this very popular print technique. It might be helpful to already have done a taster, Intro course or have a little experience with Letterpress but it is not wholly necessary as all steps will be clearly demoed and supported. However you will be encouraged to use the type in both a formal and informal way.
Wooden type will be used to create a background layer, alongside experimental use of decorative borders, the backs of lead type and lots of informal relief printing to create a monoprinted and informal, loose set of works that will then be elevated with judicious use of a lead type layer dropped on top. Time will be taken to explore the relationship of these two tensions – play and formality – aswell as use of colour between the layers to produce truly unique and satisfying prints.
You will be working in a small group of six and will be working with a selection of lovely papers which means your final work will show all the potential and beauty of Letterpress.
Course Structure
Week One -
Introduction and examples
Exploring the wooden type - setting type and monoprint backgrounds
Hand burnishing techniques and use of presses
Ink and paper
Week Two -
Setting lead type
Composing stick and furniture
Experimenting with layers
Colour and register
About the Tutor
Theo Miller is a visual artist and printmaker, born in Leicester. He gained a first class degree in Fine Art from De Montfort University in 2014. Miller is currently living and working in Leicester as an Artist and also as a Technician for both Leicester Print Workshop and De Montfort University. Printmaking, for Miller is an axis, a locus. He describes the beauty of printmaking to be that the final image is always affected by, and integral to the process itself. Miller is currently focusing on Letterpress, after being granted the Print Futures Award 2017.
See more of Theo’s work on his website and his instagram site @a_t_mills.
Leicester Print Workshop
Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio.
We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio.
Bookings
Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal.
Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.
In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque.
Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking.
Concessions
Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.
