Category Archives: printing

The Occasional Print Club

February 18, 2009 – 11:23 am

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 […]

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Moving a Victorian cylinder printing press

January 27, 2009 – 8:14 pm

Whilst work continues to get my 1888 Wharfedale stop cylinder press restored and back into working order, I have put together this whimsical movie of the day we relocated it to our workshop. I was grateful for the expert assistance of C.J. Overy Transport and the generous help of a willing band of friends and […]

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Out of sorts?

December 2, 2008 – 4:05 pm

Apologies for the recent hiatus of posting to this blog but most of my energy has been expended out in the workshop, of late. Our range of letterpress Christmas cards are proving to be very popular and a reprint of some designs is underway. We are also engaged in some bespoke letterpress projects and the […]

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1888 Wharfedale Press – Project Update

October 13, 2008 – 7:30 pm

During the past weekend, tentative attempts were made to bring the largest printing press in our collection back into production for book and poster work. Our Wharfedale cylinder press was manufactured in 1888 by W. Dawson & Sons in Otley, West Yorkshire, and whilst it is one of the smaller machines of its type, it […]

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typoretum.co.uk goes live!

August 25, 2008 – 11:48 pm

After fourteen years of active letterpress printing and two years of dedicated planning, Typoretum has been successfully launched. Since launching Typoretum on the 14th August 2008, we have been busy designing and printing new letterpress card designs, some of which are now available for purchase online via our website at http://www.typoretum.co.uk

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