Port City Letterpress

Printing Services

Why pick this one

Port City Letterpress teaches traditional letterpress printing, bookbinding, and papermaking through small-group or individual classes.

Best for

  • beginners learning traditional letterpress printing
  • students seeking hands-on typography instruction
  • people learning to make notebooks, journals, or albums
  • novices interested in papermaking
  • students wanting equipment access through open studio sessions

Look elsewhere if

  • commercial print production rather than instructional classes
  • emergency or rapid-turnaround printing
  • Sunday appointments

Specialties

  • traditional letterpress printing
  • typography and hand composition
  • bookbinding
  • papermaking
  • open studio access after basic classes

What makes them different

  • Non-profit learning environment focused on letterpress and bookbinding knowledge
  • Offers small-group or individual classes
  • Instructor Charles Holden has over 50 years of printing-industry teaching and work experience
  • Flexible, year-round class dates are available for several courses
  • Students completing basic classes can purchase open studio time to use the equipment

Distilled from this business's own website.

Contact & Location

Address
338 Aldrich Ln, Wilmington, NC 28411
Phone
+19107260646
Website
https://portcityletterpress.com/

Services

  • letterpress printing classes
  • bookbinding classes
  • papermaking classes
  • individual instruction
  • small-group instruction
  • open studio sessions

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