Last week we got to have a play around with print at The Letterpress Collective, learning to set lead type, wood lettering and learn about the printing process (or experiment for those of us who have over 25 year's worth of experience of working in print, ahem Richard). We had a brilliant time playing on the little hobby presses as well as the bigger roller presses: also seeing a working Heidlberg is a sight to behold!
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- The finished articles hung out to dry.
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- Nick and Steve hard at work
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- Setting wood blocks
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- Richard, Ellen and Joe setting lead type.
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- The fantastic little hobby presses we used to print the metal type we has set earlier.
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- My metal type cast up and ready to go with a lovely quote from John Cage.
All this was part of an exploration for a new print project at Tangent, so keep your eyes peeled for more collaborations with The Letterpress Collective: we're looking forward to working with them more in the future!
Thanks so much to the wonderful Nick and Ellen for a brilliant workshop!
