Hidden away down a battered-up side street in Williamsburg is The Arm: a tiny print studio presided over by letterpress maestro Dan Morris. It started as his own private workspace (housing his ever expanding collection of Vandercook presses) but over the last six years has become a honey-pot for artists and budding printers from all over New York.
"People kept on walking past and poking their heads in to ask if they could try their hand with the printers", he says, "so I decided to open it up for others to use".
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| Inside The Arm's Type room |
I joined a one day beginners course (11-5pm $150) and am now totally and utterly hooked. Designed to teach you the basics of working with these incredible antique machines (surprisingly straight forward by the way: much easier than working my printer at home!) and utilizing various techniques (wood type, metal type, hand cut linoleum etc) you'll come away with enough know-how to return in your own time and work on personal projects (studio time is just $20 an hour). Below are a few of my - very basic - creations. But I had a ridiculous amount of fun making them.
PS. If you are mulling over hand-crafting your own wedding invites, business cards or creating a bespoke poster - this is the place to do it. To find out more about the classes click
here.
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| Poster made with wood type blocks |
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| Letterpressed business cards |
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| The Arm's logo printed using photopolymer plates |
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