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Discover and Celebrate the Handwritten and Handmade
This event happened on Fri, Jun 1, 2018
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9 Lovely Attendees
9 Lovely Attendees
About this FieldTrip
During this Creative Mornings field trip, Porchlight Press will offer a hands-on guided tour of our beautiful letterpress studio. We will take you through our printing process and the use of photopolymer plates, and the operation of our presses. Our guests will be able to watch a custom job being printed on one of our Heidelberg windmills, and from there we will take you all to one of the trusty Vandercook cylinder presses where an instructor will guide each guest through the process of printing one of their very own keepsakes to take away.
About the instructor: Founded by Heather Braun, Porchlight Press is a small team of passionate makers with very diverse backgrounds from molecular biology and english literature to landscape architecture, fine arts and graphic design. What we all have in common, is our attention to detail and love for watching the printing process unfold to create a beautifully unique piece of work. Weâre also paper-obsessed designers with particular expertise designing for letterpress. Bring us a finished design, an idea or a doodle on a napkin, and weâll work with you to bring it to beautiful, tactile life.
Learn more about our team and our craft at porchlightpress.com.
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Attendees
Sharon Belanger
Graphic Designer at Belanger Design Studio.
Renate Boorman
James Boorman
Musician.
Lexi Marsh
Marlani Engelbrecht
Sally Emmerson
Jominca Engelbrecht
Lexi Marsh
Researcher.
roy Steward
How to make the most of FieldTrips
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Show up fully
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Stay curious
Wear your beginnerâs hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!Â
Celebrate your host
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings communityâjust like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgroundsâa lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Support each other
Weâre all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try âYes! AndâŠâ in conversation.
Not vibing?
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