Moveable Type Studio

Come and visit MTS in Maryborough this weekend!

Hang with the cool kids at print-making workshop in Maryborough this weekend - Pineapple A Queensland mobile print-making studio is offering a Handset Letterpress Printmaking Workshop in Maryborough this Saturday 4 July.

Gearing up for our Mary Poppins activation this weekend with Gatakers Artspace not too late to snag a ticket if you're headed up to Maryborough for the Mary Poppins Festival

@moveabletypestudio will have a trailer full of goodness this weekend as we roll into Maryborough for the #marypoppinsfestival. Be sure to come join us for a little bit of sugar.

For those who don’t know, is a not-for-profit with no external funding, just a tiny team, volunteers, and the support of members keeping stuff happening. They publish IMPRINT, the only dedicated printmaking journal in Australia, run the annual Print Commission (going since 1967), and champion printmakers across the country.

Last year our good friend and advisor .heather wrote this cover story about Moveable Type Studio for IMPRINT. We’re sharing a few pages from it here because it’s a good read, but also because it reminds us how much the PCA matters to what we do and to the wider print community.

Please consider joining your membership directly keeps IMPRINT in print.

PCA Membership link in bio

Day two of our Handset workshop at the with the and the slang poster came together. What a session!

Today was all about turning individual Australian slang words into a cohesive design. The group worked with two chases of type, layering both transparent and opaque colours, and talked through how the spacing between letterforms gives each word its weight. Kerning became a real conversation, how the space between letters can make a word feel loud or quiet.

Design by committee has never been more balanced. Everyone had a say, and the poster that came off the press is pure collective energy.

Huge thanks to the Toowoomba Art Society and the Saturday Print Makers for such a beautifully maintained and welcoming space, what a weekend.

Day one of our Handset letterpress workshop at the and what a ripper start! We set up alongside Rosemary Williamson’s stunning oil paintings of trees, landscapes and the Australian sun. The contrast between her work and our wood type collection made for a dynamic shared space.

Participants got up close and personal with traditional wood type today, hand-setting Australian slang letter by letter. There’s something special about watching people slow down, pick up each piece of type and figure out how it all fits together.

Another highlight was seeing kids and families wander through, drawn in by the type cases and the press. The curiosity was genuine and infectious. It’s got us thinking about a dedicated family day where young ones and their grown-ups can get creative with letterpress together. Watch this space.

Big thanks to Barnaby for his energy and enthusiasm, and to the Toowoomba Art Society for having us.

Day two tomorrow. Come say g’day.

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