Ambacht (Craft)

"Ambacht" (Craft) is a mini-documentary about craftsmanship created by Nano Media (NL). The third episode is a charming portrait of Evert van Ravensberg, a printer from a fifth generation family owned printing bussines. Founded in 1842 in Amsterdam 'Van Ravensberg' was initially an advertising agency, but became a printing house a couple of years later. The huge amount of posters produced in the beginning of the 20th century is what they are famous for.

found via drukwerkindemarge

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'De geur van drukinkt' article (in Dutch)

Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese

Russell Maret, designer and a letterpress printer from New York, has recently launched the kickstarter campaign to raise money to have Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces cut and cast as a new proprietary metal type family. If successful (and I hope it will), Micah Currier from The Dale Guild will convert these beautiful typefaces into a type family with over 185 different characters and ligatures.

more info about the project

World's largest lithography stone

Well, and now from world's smallest letterpress to world's largest lithography stone;) This picture has been taken in 1982 while printers where working on Rufino Tamayo's "Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros" (“Two People Attacked by Dogs”) measuring 61x98 inches stone. I wonder how they managed to place this stone on the press.

found via lithoshop

Cool People Printing

'Cool People Printing' is a new blog, curated by UnderConsideration, I will be keeping an eye on;) 

"Whether it's during a silkscreen pull or a crank on the Vandercook, people look cool when printing. This site collects photographs of cool people printing: getting their hands, aprons, and clothes dirty; producing something of and on their own; and creating stuff that wasn't there before. Enjoy Cool People Printing because, let's face it, seeing someone press "Command-P" is not cool.