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The 40th Whittington Summer Show

Justin Knopp — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:16:50 +0000

We are delighted to be exhibiting at this year’s Whittington Summer Show, on the afternoon of Saturday 5th September. A selection of our letterpress greeting cards will be for sale in addition to some woodletter posters and examples of our bespoke work. It will be a busy day as I will be sharing my time between representing Typoretum and manning the The Occasional Print Club stall, where we will be selling copies of our latest OPC poster.

The Whittington Press will also be holding its annual open day and several other private presses, a marbler, a typefounder, a bookseller and a paper merchant will also be showing their wares. The Whittington Press will be showing off its latest publications.

40th Whittington Summer Show poster with hand stencilled illustrations by Miriam Macgregor

New letterpress poster by The Occasional Print Club

Justin Knopp — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:31:03 +0000

The second meeting of The Occasional Print Club (OPC) took place at JMG – the letterpress studio of Jonathan Kielty and Ross Shaw – last weekend and we produced a collaborative experimental letterpress poster, based upon F.W. Goudy’s famous ‘I am type’ quotation. This poster was printed, in three colours, on a Stephenson Blake proofing press onto acid-free Zerkall mould-made paper and a small number of these posters are now available for purchase via my Typoretum website.

The OPC was formed in November 2008 by myself and three other typographers; Jonathan Kielty, Pat Randle and Ross Shaw. More photographs can be viewed via our Flickr Photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/theoccasionalprintclub.

The Occasional Print Club

Justin Knopp — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:23:00 +0000

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.