I just finished up attending the House Industries Lettering & Printing Workshop in Portland. It was well worth the trek up north.
The lettering portion of the workshop was led by Ken Barber from House. Ken is a true master of his craft, and is quite good at distilling the information down into a one-day workshop.
We covered hand-lettering a roundhand script. This was not a cursive writing or calligraphy workshop where each letter is quickly drawn with a pen or brush.
Instead, Ken's technique is to show how to sketch your logotype composition with a pencil, while keeping the fundamentals of hand lettering in mind. Each person enrolled in the workshop had the project of creating their own lettering design, using just paper and pencil. Have a look at the bottom image of this post to see how mine came out.
House Lettering and Printing paper
Ken Barber in the Lettering Workshop
House Industries posters printed by David Dodde
The second day of the workshop was taught by screen printing guru, David Dodde. Like Ken, David is also a true master. He has so many great tips and techniques for screen printing on wood and paper. If you ever have the chance to participate in one of his workshops, don't hesitate to sign up.
David Dodde mixing copper dust into clear base screen printing ink
T-shirt packaging printed with the split fountain screen printing technique
Workshop participants were able to experiment with House's screens and print their own posters
Loot stash from the Lettering and Printing Workshop
My hand drawn sketch from Ken's lettering workshop