We had a great time in a Creative Letterpress workshop for six members of AIGA / Philadelphia on Valentine’s Day.

We had ten copperplate ‘V’s made of Victorian letterforms and each participant brought a quote related to Valentine’s Day. Using our Vandercook Universal III, we produced a 2-color book that prints like a broadside (one side only) and with creative scoring and tearing, everyone ended up with an accordion-fold book by the end of the day.

We printed the cover in silver on Lead Graffiti pastepaper (made beforehand). Each of the participants got to cast their name in hot metal using our Intertype C4 for the colophon.

Here is the result.

The binding we employed doesn’t require sewing or use any glue. In the end we folded and bound one copy each and everyone took materials home to make two additional copies, perhaps for a Valentine.

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