I have just returned from the third Letterpress Workers International Summit, organised and hosted by Officina Novepunti. Located at Leoncavallo, Milan, between the 18th to 22nd June, the event was attended by international letterpress designers and printers, from as far afield as Mexico. A large selection of printing presses and collection of wood type were […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, design, letterpress, printing, Typesetting, typography, wood type
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Also tagged 2014, Leoncavallo, letterpress, Milan, Milano, Officina Novepunti, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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October 6, 2013 – 8:27 pm
At the end of September 2013 The Occasional Print Club held their 7th meeting deep down in the basement of Kulturwerk des BBK in Kreuzberg, Berlin, a grand building in Mariannenplatz that was formerly a Prussian hospital. In attendance this time were myself, Thomas Mayo, Patrick Randle and Ross Shaw. The Print Studio at KBBK […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Justin Knopp, letterpress, OPC, Pat Randle, posters, press, printing, Ross Shaw, The Occasional Print Club, Thomas Mayo, typography
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Also tagged Berlin, FAG, KBBK, Kulturwerk des BBK Berlin, letterpress, metal type, Occasional Print Club, OPC, Pat Randle, Patrick Randle, Ross Shaw, Thomas Mayo
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We are currently exhibiting our letterpress work in the ‘Happy Days’ exhibition, curated by Blackwater Polytechnic and hosted in Ben Coode-Adams & Freddie Robins’ award-winning Grand Designs barn here in North Essex, GB. ‘Happy Days’ is “an exhibition of exceptional construction in wood, textiles, ink, paint, metal & concrete made by men and women with […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in art, craft, design, Galleries, letterpress, posters, printmaking, Typoretum
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Also tagged Art, Ben Coode-Adams, Blackwater Polytechnic, craft, exhibition, Freddie Robins, Happy Days, letterpress, show, Typoretum
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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, letterpress, metal type, press, printing, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Pratley, Typesetting, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter, Yellow Brick Media
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November 5, 2012 – 1:03 am
We’re delighted to be exhibiting our ‘In the Midst of Life I Woke’ letterpress poster alongside fellow “Artists of Spitalfields Life” in a forthcoming exhibition at the Ben Pentreath Shop in Bloomsbury, London. The exhibition runs from 7th-24th November and further details & opening times can be found here.
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in design, Galleries, Justin Knopp, letterpress, posters
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Also tagged Ben Pentreath, Bridie Hall, Gentle Author, london, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Life, Typoretum
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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, letterpress, Monotype, nomad letterpress, Pat Randle, presstival, printing, The Occasional Print Club, typecasting, Typoretum, Whittington Press, wood type
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Our letterpress card for Vaughan Pilikian’s upcoming play, ‘Leper Colony‘. The edition was limited to 400 pieces and printed in two impressions onto 425gsm Saunders Waterford high-white hot-pressed 100% cotton card stock. The copy was typeset in a combination of 48 point Elongated Runic; 10 point, 14 point, and 18 point Bembo regular; 10 point […]
December 14, 2011 – 5:47 pm
We were recently commissioned by St Jude’s to illustrate an interview with the The Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life in the first issue of Random Spectacular, published this week in aid of Maggie’s Centres. As a result of the commission, The Gentle Author visited our letterpress workshop and interviewed me for the Spitalfields Life journal […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, Hand Presses, Justin Knopp, letterpress, posters, printing, typography, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged letterpress, Poster, Random Spectacular, Robert Pratley, Spitalfields Life, St Jude’s, The Gentle Author, Type, typography, Typoretum, 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, letterpress, Pat Randle, Poster, printing, Ross Shaw, The Occasional Print Club
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The Letterpress Exchange Group was formed around 1992 by Claire Bolton of The Alembic Press as a forum that was exclusively letterpress, and small enough to make the task of printing not too onerous. Membership is strictly limited to twenty-five members and operates a policy that if one does not contribute, one does not receive […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, typography
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Also tagged Alan Brignull, Alembic Press, Ben Brundell, Claire Bolton, Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, Ericius Press, Incline Press, LEG, letterpress, Letterpress Exchange Group, Palliser Press, Reading University, The Happy Dragons' Press, The Hedgehog Press, The Old Forge Press, typography
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