3D Printed Type Experiments
After travelling to Hamilton and seeing first hand how wood type was created in the early 1900's I have been looking at ways to use modern technology to do similar things. Having previously looked into laser cutting in the past I now wanted to experiment with the...
Read moreIntroduction to Poster Design 18th Sept 2013
Introduction to Poster Design Workshop 18th Sept 2013
I am running a poster design workshop this month at the LCBA, check out the details below Introduction to Poster Design 18th Sept 2013 Attendees at this workshop will explore typographic poster design through the use of the LCBA’s collection of vintage wood type....
Letterpress Workers International Summit 2013
Once again this year I was invited to take part in the Letterpress Workers International Summit in Milan organise by NovePunti. This time taking place in the Macao social centre it brought together a fantastic group of print makers from all over the world and I was...
Read moreKids Letterpress Printing Workshop At FoylesSaturday 8th June 2013 2pm – 5pm 107 Charing Cross Road
Kids Letterpress Printing Workshop At Foyles
As part of the LCBA Season At Foyles book shop in central London I'm running a Letterpress Workshop for Kids alongside the Book-making for children event Kids Letterpress Printing Workshop At Foyles Saturday 8th June 2013 2pm - 5pm 107 Charing Cross Road In this...
Building a Fortune Teller
For the AT Open House this year I wanted to try something different. I've had in my mind for a long time some plans for a kind of print dispenser, one that people could use and then receive a fortune or an idiom. After roughing out a few designs and finalising a...
Read moreXmas Card Workshops 2012
14th, 21st, 28th November and 1st December from 7-9pm.
Xmas Card Workshops 2012
We are running our first workshops at the London Centre for Book Arts this year, join us for an evening of letterpress printing your own Xmas Cards Xmas Card Workshops 2012 14th, 21st, 28th November and 1st December from 7-9pm. More information at the LCBA eventbrite...
Building An Arab Press
Whilst helping move the presses and equipment into the newly open London Centre for Book arts I had the pleasure/misfortune of helping to assemble an Arab printing press. Apparently when it was made it was considered a "portable" press that could be assembles by one...
London Centre For Book Arts – Moving In
I met Simon Goode late in 2011 after my return from the States. Whilst I had been visiting print shops, Simon had also done a similar trip around the same time visiting and researching Book Arts centres in the USA with the hope of setting up the UK's first open access...
AT Open House 2012
Once again this year I’m excited to announce that I’m part of the AT Open House in Brighton, we had a great response last year so I was working flat out over the last few months to get some new prints available for it. I was there over the first weekend helping to set...
Letterpress Workers International Summit 2012
At the end of April I had to the pleasure to be invited to Milan by the Letterpress Group, Nove Punti to take part in a print workshop/exhibition entitled The Letterpress Workers International Summit 2012. Alongside a selection of other Letterpress Practitioners from...
