The Occasional Print Club was formed in November 2008, in the corner of a thronging London ale house behind Fleet Street, by myself and three other typographers; Jonathan Kielty, Pat Randle and Ross Shaw. We were full of energy and enthusiasm, having spent that day at the excellent Letterpress: A Celebration conference at the St Bride Library.
Left to right: Pat Randle, Justin Knopp, Ross Shaw and Jonathan Kielty
The inaugural meeting of the OPC took place in late January 2009 around the bed of a Western proofing press at The Whittington Press by the kind invitation of the proprietor, John Randle. A commemorative letterpress poster was designed, typeset and printed during the two days we spent at Whittington. Further meetings are planned to be held in our respective letterpress workshops, across this green and pleasant land, over coming months and years.
Pat Randle adjusting the letterpress forme, on the bed of a Western proofing press.
A hand-inked wooden numeral.
The impression cylinder passes over the printing forme.
Our completed letterpress poster.
More photographs can be viewed via our Flickr Photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/theoccasionalprintclub.
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daaang. So pardon if in my excitement I skipped over somewhere where you answered this, but: are any prints from this edition available for purchase? It’s incredible!
Greetings Owen,
Thanks for your kind words – we had a lot of fun making this experimental poster and I think that shows in the final piece! I believe we still have a few posters left (we only printed about 30) so I’ll discuss with my fellow OPC members and will get in touch by email…
All the best, Justin
I have to say that the old way of printing is just awesome, that poster just looks great and one can still get the look and colors as what one can get with modern day printing but there is just some thing about this was that really catches ones eye.
HI there,
Amazing poster, I’m starting a brand new business of traditional typography in Seville, Spain, it will be an honour to light our studio with one of those posters, ¿can I still get one?
Cheers
Pascual
Hello Pascal,
Thanks for your comment and we’re delighted you like the first Occasional Print Club poster. We do still have a few copies left and I’ll get in contact to discuss further by email…
Best wishes,
Justin
Brilliant poster! If there is more than one left, please drop me a line as I’d love to acquire one as well. I’ve been a subscriber to Matrix for 10 years now, and a Big Fan of all things Whittington Press, so it’s great to see pictures of the presses and know they’re making wonderful things.
Best,
bob
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