October 2, 2009 – 2:56 pm
Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell of New North Press have just completed a new hand-printed letterpress poster and have added it to the redesigned New North Press website and online shop.
“Established in 1986, New North Press is an artisan letterpress print studio based in London. We have a [...]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, printmaking, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Graham Bignell, letterpress, New North Press, Poster, Richard Ardagh, wood type
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I’ve just had the pleasant surprise of discovering Woodtyper, an online journal by Nick Sherman that focusses on a subject close to my heart – wooden type! Nick states that he has been inspired to begin this online journal by the late Rob Roy Kelly and continues:
“I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr Kelly [...]
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, printing, Richard Ardagh, Wilton’s Music Hall
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I am in the midst of taking proofs of my entire collection of woodletter and it has become a monumental undertaking! In the meantime I have designed and printed a poster that, although not exhaustive, shows the primary type styles held within my collection.
The range of type styles is matched by the wide range of [...]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, typography, woodletter
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Also tagged Antique Old Style Bold, Bold Latin, Decorated French Antique, Decorated Sans Surryphs, Elongated Sans Surryphs, Expanded Antique, Expanded Grotesque, French Antique, Gill Sans, Grotesque, Latin Elongated, letterpress, Old Style Grotesque, Ornamented Wide Latin, Pointed Antique, typefaces, wooden type
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November 4, 2008 – 5:02 pm
The gas lamps in the Typoretum have been burning late into the night, over recent weeks, but we are now delighted to introduce the fruits of our labour: a suitably festive selection of letterpress cards.
All of these cards are now available for purchase via our website at http://www.typoretum.co.uk/christmas_letterpress_cards.html and a brief rationale for each design [...]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in greeting cards, letterpress, typography, woodletter
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Also tagged christmas, festive, greeting cards, letterpress, noel, Ornaments, seasonal, typography
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October 24, 2008 – 1:03 pm
Whilst continuing to work on the Wharfedale, and covered in a great deal of grease, I recalled a print that I made to commemorate my acquisition of this fine press in May 2004. It was created using the technique of ‘hot printing’ developed by the Dutch artist, typographer, printer and hero of mine; H.N. Werkman.
It [...]
