Typewriters and Letterpress: a letter writing workshop
Typewriters & Letterpress: A Letter-Writing Workshop
Step away from your screen and write a real letter, the old-fashioned way. Join two Lisbon analog makers for a hands-on workshop of typewriters, letterpress, watercolors and wax seals.
How it works:You’ll have different stations to move between at your own pace:
Typewriters: Work with restored mid-century machines. Jessie will teach you how to use one, and prompts are available if you need inspiration.
Letterpress corner: See and touch the metal plates and type from a 100+ year old press, and browse printed pieces and cool facts about how it works.
Watercolor postcards: Paint or draw on your blank postcard with watercolors, colored pencils and markers.
Envelope decorating: Choose from pre-cut liners (or make your own), then add markers and stickers.
Wax seal station: Seal your envelope with wax, gold, silver or copper leaf, ribbon and dried flowers.
Dates:
Thu, Nov 26 · 7pm
Sun, Nov 29 · 5pm
Sun, Dec 13 · 4pm
Thu, Dec 17 · 7pm
Your hosts:
Jessie is a vintage typewriter enthusiast with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. After accidentally catching the typewriter bug, she filled her apartment with hundreds of machines and hand-restored over half of them. She’s the founder of CasaTempo, a space for her restored collection and her love of mechanical writing.
Charles runs Lasting Impression, a Lisbon letterpress studio. Frustrated at not finding good stationery to write to friends and family, he started printing his own: art by real artists, no AI, all printed by hand on a 100+ year old press named Emmy.
About Absent
Absent is a phone-free creative third space and café in Principe Real where time is yours again. The kind you used to waste beautifully.
Every experience at Absent is designed around presence.
What to Expect
Offline, always - Phones go in secure pouches and stay with you.
A beautifully designed space where every color, texture and detail makes presence effortless
Café & Bar - Specialty coffee, freshly boiled chai, Portuguese wines, craft beers, and artisanal sodas, baked goods from local bakeries and rotating food menu from local chefs.
All of the infrastructure, none of the pressure - high quality art supplies, craft materials, books, board games, brain fitness workbooks, introspection kits and more.