Pyramid Atlantic

I’ve taken two letterpress classes here and fully enjoyed both; one on the tabletop and one on the large flatbed press. I preferred the smaller class of about 7 or 8 with Julia on the vandercook rather than the much larger tabletop group, but both were equally fun and informative. When the classes are larger, they have more assistants to help you out and some people need more time to handset their letters. Pyramid also has papermaking, bookmaking, screenprinting, etc… all classes I will probably take. Definitely check it out if you’re interested in learning something fun and unique. Plus, you’re supporting an artists’ community!

Just took a workshop on monoprinting and it was great! Highly recommend classes here. And terrific benefits for joining!!!

Took a tabletop letterpress class there. The teacher (Melanie) was very sweet and knowledgeable, but the class was way too big and after the first two hours it was just a lot of sitting around. There were 15 people in the class, and I think even 8 would have been too big. Also, the press they have is warped or something, so all printings have to be built up in areas to correct. Yes, its an old press, but sometimes you still have to fix things, or come up with more efficient solution. Especially since there are two other non-​functioning presses of the same sort on different tables. If a Van Der Cook press expert is coming in to give a talk, it can’t be too hard to find a tabletop expert to FIX these, or at least sell them so someone else can have a chance. One of the people who was printing towards the end of the class was told there wasn’t time for them to do the 5 runs promised, but then the class ended a half hour early anyway, huh?
Maybe i’m just not as much as a luddite as these other enthusiasts, who would find this type of inefficiency charming, but honestly, i’m only doing this because HP or Canon doesn’t have a letterpress printer — yet.