Letterpress taster workshop with Mary Plunkett

This event is part of the associated programme for the exhibition Thirty-Six Views of the Sugarloaf by Nell Regan & Cathy Henderson.

Letterpress printing taster workshop with designer & printmaker Mary Plunkett. 18+ Suitable for all levels, materials provided.

This introduction to Letterpress will give participants a taste of the process with expert printer Mary Plunkett, education officer of the National Print Museum. In a small group you’ll have the opportunity to use the popular tabletop press, the Adana 8x5. After an introduction to the type case and instruction on how to set type, each participant will have the chance to set and print a small piece of text.

Mary Plunkett is a graphic designer and printmaker who specialises in letterpress. She has exhibited widely and is a member of Graphic Studio Dublin where she met Cathy Henderson. She taught at NCAD where she was also designer in residence at Distillers Press, As well as working at the National Print Museum where she is currently Education Officer she runs her own limited edition press, The Belgrave Private Press. She has undertaken many commissions including limited edition books for Yeats 150 and prints for ‘Print, Protest and the Polls: The Irish women’s suffrage campaign.’

Thirty-Six Views of the Sugarloaf is funded by The Arts Council and supported by Wicklow County Arts Office through the annual Strategic Project Award Scheme.