by Mark | Nov 15, 2014 | Conference, Hamilton, Impressions of America, Research Trip
A lot has happened in the American Letterpress movement since my trip to Hamilton, Hatch and Yeehaw in 2011 and it is only now in reflecting on my time there that I realise how lucky I was to have done my trip when I did. In the space of a year and a half all three...
by Mark | Oct 23, 2011 | Impressions of America, Research Trip, Type Production, Yeehaw Industries
Yeehaw Industries has a novel solution to a common problem for letterpress printers, especially commercial printers. With the majority of the wood and metal type we use not being in production for the last 40-50 years if a job calls for extra letters in a particular...
by Mark | Oct 21, 2011 | Impressions of America, Research Trip, Yeehaw Industries
And so onto my time at Yee-Haw Industries. I first became aware of Yee-Haw Industries whilst working as a framer at the lovely little gallery, Castor and Pollux in Brighton. They had been stocking Yee-Haw’s work for a long time and I was intrigued by their work. Julie...
by Mark | Oct 21, 2011 | Impressions of America, Research Trip, Yeehaw Industries
Knoxville Tennesseess….Tenessesse….Tenessesse…TN – Yee-Haw Industries So before you can say “y’all come back” my week at Yee-Haw is almost over and I have been so busy I haven’t had a chance to make any posts this week. I have however been filling my week with fun...
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...
