While surfing the internet on holidays I came across this beautiful photographs of X-Press printing factory, made by Belgian photographer Arno Raps in 2009 somewhere in Belgium. I was intrigued. Seems like this place was (or still is) full of old printing equipment and books.
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Wood Typography Engraving
Very nice laser engraved typography work by Ben Johnston, a graphic designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. With custom engraved type treatments, he converted wine barrel lids into wall hanging cheeseboards.
found via behance
Laser cut wood type
Absolutely love these beautifully crafted laser cut wood type characters (B, H, S, &) created by designer Brittany Shaw.
found via Typeverything
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Holiday card from Russia
The New Year is coming soon, which means it's time to print holiday cards. Many websites & blogs already posted holiday cards roundup's, but this one comes from Russia. Designed by Ivan Gulkov using national colors and patterns the cards were printed by "Cliché" letterpress studio from Penza (Russian Federation).
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A Little Letterpress
After getting a set of metal type as a gift from a friend, Ishac Bertran decided to build a small printing press uisng only leftover materials from past experiments. Even though it is not accurate when printing it is very cute and is probably the smallest letterpress printing equipment ever made;)
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New York Types exhibition
"NEW YORK TYPES, running December 15, 2011 through January 6, 2012, is presented in collaboration with New York Writes Itself (NYWI), a new ongoing series of creative productions fueled by the people of New York, and Leo Burnett New York.
For the NEW YORK TYPES exhibition, each artist or group -- currently including Swayspace, Center for the Book Arts, The KDU, Peter Kruty Editions and Tarhorse Press -- has picked a collection of NYWI 'Script' entries to interpret in his or her own letterpress style, bringing the real words to life letter by letter. The artwork is for sale in limited editions of 10, with a total of 500 pieces for sale."
The Victorian Printer
Got fascinated by this portrait.