by Mark | Oct 14, 2011 | Hatch Show Print, Impressions of America, Research Trip
So it’s been a bit of a slow week with regards to posts on my blog, the reason being I have conversely very busy at Hatch knuckling down and helping out. In my last post I mentioned the sheer scale of Hatch’s level of production, between 500-600 designs are handset...
by Mark | Oct 11, 2011 | Hatch Show Print, Impressions of America, Research Trip
For a person that doesn’t really care for country music (there I said it, please don’t judge me), Nashville seems like a pretty weird place. My first impression was a little like the first time I went to Camden High Street, except that rather than 15 year old kids...
by Mark | Oct 6, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Hamilton Type Museum Type identification for letterpress can be a headache to say the least. When the trade was is it’s heyday the print shop was a bustling hive of organised chaos. Type was housed in labelled drawers, organised by it’s classification and it’s...
by Mark | Oct 5, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Hamilton Type Museum As promised last week I thought it was time I did a post getting down to the nitty grtty stuff that Hamilton has been involved in during it’s functioning years. When Hamilton first went into the production of wood type he used a method that...
by Mark | Oct 4, 2011 | Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
The Hamilton Type Museum Day 2, 3, 4 – 28th, 29th & 30th September As I mentioned at the end of last week, my first project while at the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum was to set a poster to be hung in the Print Room to remind students and workshops of the...
