This event is a collaboration between St Bride Foundation and BA Graphic Design students from Central Saint Martins to fundraise both for the Library and for the 2012 Graphic Design Degree Show. Wednesday 2nd May 2012, 6.30-9.30pm, in the Bridewell Hall of the St Bride Library. More information can be found at http://stbride.org/events/silentpostersale and http://silentpostersale.tumblr.com/
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Central Saint Martins, design, Education, hot metal, letterpress, posters, printing, printmaking, St Bride Library, Typesetting, typography
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Also tagged Central Saint Martins, hot metal, posters, printing, St Bride Library, Type, typography
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January 30, 2012 – 10:14 pm
A short film by Danny Cooke about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier. plymouth.ac.uk
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Education, Hand Presses, letterpress, press, printing, Printing Presses, Typesetting, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Danny Cooke, hot metal, Paul Collier, Plymouth University, press, printing, Type, typefaces, typography, wood, woodletter
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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 Justin Knopp, Poster, Random Spectacular, Robert Pratley, Spitalfields Life, St Jude’s, The Gentle Author, Type, typography, Typoretum, wood, woodletter
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November 28, 2011 – 10:10 pm
Our friends over at New North Press, Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell, have created a new letterpress print from a range of wood type ampersands. The damped paper was blind embossed revealing the shapes of the type blocks themselves, then it was flipped and printed with a clear varnish showing the mirror image of their […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, posters, printing, typography, Uncategorized, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Albion, ampersands, New North Press, press, Richard Ardagh, Type, typography, wood, woodletter
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November 10, 2011 – 6:05 pm
I recently had the great pleasure to return to Whittington again to exhibit at the Whittington Press Open Day 2011 and was delighted to watch – through the fug of fumes from the Monotype casters – brand new type being cast by Neil Winter (ex-Libanus Press). Since John Randle bought his first Monotype caster and […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, hot metal, John Randle, letterpress, typecasting, Whittington Press
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Also tagged Caslon, casting, Centaur, George Wiggall, hot metal, John Randle, Monotype, Neil Winter, OUP, Oxford University Press, typecasting
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September 28, 2011 – 11:09 am
We are delighted to be exhibiting at the Rural Landscape – Art Car Boot Fair on Saturday 1 October 2011, 12-4pm at Roudham Farm, Roudham, Norfolk NR16 2RJ. We will be showing our letterpress work and our letterpress posters and greeting cards will be for sale. We hope to see you there!
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in cards, craft, greeting cards, letterpress, norfolk, posters, Typoretum
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Also tagged Art, Car Boot Fair, Deborah Smith, norfolk, Roudham, Rural Landscape, Typoretum
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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, Justin Knopp, Pat Randle, Poster, printing, Ross Shaw, The Occasional Print Club
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September 1, 2011 – 2:03 pm
We will returning to Whittington again this year, on Saturday 3rd September, for the annual Whittington Press open day, where we will be exhibiting our letterpress work, posters and greeting cards. We are looking forward to meeting up with old friends, fellow letterpress printers, booksellers, engravers, marblers and others who will also be exhibiting their […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in greeting cards, John Randle, Justin Knopp, letterpress, printmaking, Private Presses, Typesetting
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Also tagged 2011, John Randle, Open Day, Typoretum, Whittington Press
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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, New North Press, press, printing, Richard Ardagh, Wilton’s Music Hall, woodletter
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