August 2, 2014 – 12:05 pm
A documentary film, by www.digital-works.co.uk, based on oral history interviews with former printers and journalists. “There used to be a tradition in Fleet Street newspapers called “banging out”. It involved an employee, on the day he retired after a life-time’s stalwart service to his chosen rag, being walked by his colleagues through the presses in […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, Education, hot metal, letterpress, press, pressmanship, printing, Printing Presses, Typesetting
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Also tagged Apprentice, Banging Out, Compositor, compositors, Digital Works, digital:works, Fleet Street, History, Journeyman, london, Machine Minder, National Graphical Association, NGA, Oral History, Union
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December 9, 2013 – 5:38 pm
Endless Letterpress is a documentary about present of woodtype presses in Argentina, filmed by Nicolás Rodríguez Fuchs. Sadly I discovered this film after the fundraising effort had ended but more information can be found at fb.com/losultimosdoc “Buenos Aires deepest suburbs, July 2013. Three old print shops disputes the printing of cumbia and boxing posters. Second […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, hot metal, letterpress, posters, press, printing, Typesetting, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, letterpress, Los Ultimos, Nicolás Rodríguez Fuchs, Type, wood, woodletter
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April 17, 2013 – 10:59 am
Here is a great short film about Typoretum. An opportunity to see our presses in action and the craft of letterpress printing. Irish graphic designer and letterpress printer Jamie Murphy recently spent several months working here at Typoretum, developing his knowledge of letterpress typesetting and printing. As a thank you for his time here, Jamie […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, design, Justin Knopp, letterpress, posters, press, printing, Private Presses, Typesetting, typography, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Áine O'Meara, Albion, Coggeshall, Columbian, Enda O'Dowd, Film, Gietz, Heidelberg, ink, Jamie Murphy, Justin Knopp, letterpress, metal type, press, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Pratley, Typesetting, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter, Yellow Brick Media
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October 19, 2012 – 11:27 pm
The London Centre for Book Arts is an open-access book arts studio, teaching facility and exhibition space in Fish Island, Hackney Wick, in East London. The first and only centre of its kind in the United Kingdom, LCBA provides access to specialist equipment and resources, including rare and historically important pieces, along with technical and […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, Education, letterpress, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, typography
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Also tagged bookbinding, LCBA, letterpress, london, london centre for book arts, printmaking, Simon Goode
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Located five miles east of Cheltenham in the shadow of an Elizabethan manor, the family-run Whittington press (established by John Randle in 1971) will be throwing open its doors on Saturday 1st September, accompanied by Presstival, an annual event for the delectation of printing and typography enthusiasts. Pat Randle, mastermind behind the event, has printed […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in hot metal, John Randle, letterpress, Monotype, OPC, Pat Randle, printing, Private Presses, typecasting, typography, Whittington Press, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Heidelberg Cylinder, hot metal, John Randle, Justin Knopp, letterpress, Monotype, nomad letterpress, Pat Randle, presstival, The Occasional Print Club, typecasting, Typoretum, Whittington Press, wood type
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This event is a collaboration between St Bride Foundation and BA Graphic Design students from Central Saint Martins to fundraise both for the Library and for the 2012 Graphic Design Degree Show. Wednesday 2nd May 2012, 6.30-9.30pm, in the Bridewell Hall of the St Bride Library. More information can be found at http://stbride.org/events/silentpostersale and http://silentpostersale.tumblr.com/
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Central Saint Martins, design, Education, hot metal, letterpress, posters, printing, printmaking, St Bride Library, Typesetting, typography
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Also tagged Central Saint Martins, hot metal, letterpress, posters, St Bride Library, Type, typography
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January 30, 2012 – 10:14 pm
A short film by Danny Cooke about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier. plymouth.ac.uk
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Education, Hand Presses, letterpress, press, printing, Printing Presses, Typesetting, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Danny Cooke, hot metal, letterpress, Paul Collier, Plymouth University, press, Type, typefaces, typography, wood, woodletter
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September 20, 2011 – 11:27 pm
The fifth meeting of the Occasional Print Club took place in late July at The Whittington Press and this time the four existing members (Jonathan Kielty, Justin Knopp, Pat Randle and Ross Shaw) were joined by Swiss graphic designer & letterpress printmaker Dafi Kühne. During the weekend meeting a 75 copy edition of a six […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Jonathan Kielty, Justin Knopp, letterpress, OPC, Pat Randle, printing, Ross Shaw, The Occasional Print Club, typography, Whittington Press
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Also tagged Dafi Kühne, Jon Kielty, Justin Knopp, letterpress, Pat Randle, Poster, Ross Shaw, The Occasional Print Club
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Richard Ardagh of Elephants Graveyard directed me to this delightful short movie showing him printing – ably assisted by Graham Bignell of New North Press – some letterpress posters, on an Albion Press. This poster, to commemorate the 150th Aniversary of Wilton’s Music Hall, is available for purchase along with other letterpress printed items via […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Hand Presses, letterpress, pressmanship, printing
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Also tagged Albion, Elephants Graveyard, Graham Bignell, letterpress, New North Press, press, Richard Ardagh, Wilton’s Music Hall, woodletter
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Widely shared on Twitter, this movie is just too wonderful not to feature on my Blog. Filmed by Cool Hunting Video, it shows Grafica Fidalga, a trio of letterpress printers in São Paulo, Brazil, who print wood type posters on a 1929 German cylinder printing press.
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Add new tag, Brazil, Grafica Fildalga, letterpress, Poster, São Paulo, wood type
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