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Try your hand at typography and collaborative print-making, and learn the art of letterpress with artist Theo Hersey and a DIY printing press.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of Southbank Centre’s Creative Encounters.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Draw and carve your own letterpress blocks to contribute to the printing tray, before using your blocks and those of others to create beautiful, text-based prints.<\/p>\n

Artist and designer Theo Hersey leads this workshop, guiding you through the basics of typography and sharing insights to the world of letters, presses, inks and tools.<\/p>\n

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