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, Justin Knopp, Leoncavallo, Milan, Milano, Officina Novepunti, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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December 9, 2013 – 5:38 pm
Endless Letterpress is a documentary about present of woodtype presses in Argentina, filmed by Nicolás Rodríguez Fuchs. Sadly I discovered this film after the fundraising effort had ended but more information can be found at fb.com/losultimosdoc “Buenos Aires deepest suburbs, July 2013. Three old print shops disputes the printing of cumbia and boxing posters. Second […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, hot metal, letterpress, posters, press, printing, Typesetting, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, Los Ultimos, Nicolás Rodríguez Fuchs, printing, Type, wood, woodletter
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November 9, 2013 – 3:16 pm
Of my earliest ancestry neither history nor relics remain. The wedge-shaped symbols impressed in plastic clay by Babylonian builders in the dim past foreshadowed me: from them, on through the hieroglyphs of the ancient Egyptians, down to the beautiful manuscript letters of the mediaeval scribes, I was in the making. With the golden vision of […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, hot metal, letterpress, Typesetting
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Also tagged 1928, compositors, F.W. Goudy, Goudy, hot metal, london, Lord Mayor’s Parade, Lord Mayor’s Show, Type
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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, Justin Knopp, KBBK, Kulturwerk des BBK Berlin, metal type, Occasional Print Club, OPC, Pat Randle, Patrick Randle, Ross Shaw, Thomas Mayo
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August 21, 2013 – 11:17 am
Over recent months I have greatly enjoyed following Bunkertype on Pinterest – http://pinterest.com/bunkertype/ – in part due to our common admiration and respect for the letterpress work of H.N. Werkman. Based in Barcelona, Jesús Morentin’s Bunkertype letterpress studio produces beautiful and experimental letterpress work in small editions manually from metal and wood types. Bunkertype on […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, design, h.n. werkman, hot metal, hot printing, letterpress, press, printing, printmaking, Private Presses, Typesetting, typography, werkman, wood type
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Also tagged bunkertype, h.n. werkman, hot metal, hot printing, Jesús Morentin, typography
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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, Justin Knopp, show, Typoretum
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Public Service Broadcasting commissioned Typoretum to design and letterpress print a limited edition (100 copies) poster, to accompany the launch of their debut album ‘Inform, Educate, Entertain’ (publicservicebroadcasting.net/inform-educate-entertain-out-now/) in May 2013. The posters were printed from antique Elongated Sans Serif wood type and Granby Light metal type onto high-quality 170gsm cartridge paper, signed and editioned […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, posters, typography, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Gietz, Granby, IEE, Inform Educate Entertain, metal, Poster, PSB, Public Service Broadcasting, Sans Serif, sans surryphs, Type, Typoretum, wood, woodletter
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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, Justin Knopp, metal type, press, printing, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Pratley, Typesetting, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter, Yellow Brick Media
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Fresh from his three-month placement at Typoretum, Jamie Murphy, a Dublin-based designer and letterpress printer, is seeking funding for an exciting letterpress book project – a limited edition of The Works of Master Poldy. The book will be printed by hand from wooden and metal types at The Distillers Press in Dublin, where Jamie is […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in books, craft, hot metal, letterpress, printing, Private Presses, typography
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Also tagged book, Distiller's Press, James Joyce, Jamie Murphy, Leopold Bloom, Salvage Press, Ulysses
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December 17, 2012 – 12:43 pm
A short documentary by White House Films, filmed at the Distiller’s Press in Dublin, Ireland, featuring Jamie Murphy who is currently here at Typoretum on a 3-month Leonardo da Vinci programme placement.
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, design, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, typography, Uncategorized, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Distiller's Press, Dublin, Ireland, Jamie Murphy, Mary J Plunkett, White House Films, wood type, woodletter
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