by Mark | Oct 3, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Schwartz House 2nd October So after a busy week letterpressing I was ready for some r’n‘r this weekend. What better way to relax than cycling 8 miles to see a beautiful remnant of 1930’s modernist architecture? Situated on the far north end of Two Rivers, in an...
by Mark | Sep 30, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Hamilton Type Museum – Day 2 & 3 – 28th & 29th September The last few days has been swept by in a flurry of wood type, lead and ink. Jumping straight into a project I have been setting some information graphics for the Museums Letterpress Workshops. The...
by Mark | Sep 28, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Hamilton Type Museum – Day 1 27th September It begins. I arrived in Two Rivers this morning with a sense of anticipation I don’t think I have felt in my adult life. It was that butterfly stomach, nervous excitement that keeps you up at night like a child trying to...
by Mark | Sep 13, 2011 | News, Research Trip
“Live for something, Be not idle. Look about thee for employ. Sit not down to useless dreaming, Labour is the sweetest joy. Folded hands are ever weary. Selfish hearts are never gay. Life for thee, it holds something. So be thee active while you may.” The...
by Mark | Sep 12, 2011 | News
Live for something, Be not idle. Look about thee for employ. Sit not down to useless dreaming, Labour is the sweetest joy. Folded hands are ever weary. Selfish hearts are never gay. Life for thee, it holds something. So be thee active while you may. Printed over a...