A couple of days ago I came across this image of Cyrillic wood type from the Hamilton museum archive. I'm always getting excited when I see Cyrillic wood type examples as they are difficult to find and I didn't know the Hamilton had one.
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Opificio della Rosa
"The Opificio della Rosa is dedicated to low environmental impact techniques whilst facilitating traditional and innovative methods of printmaking. The project is hosted at the Medieval Castle of Montefiore Conca."
This place is absolutely perfect if you want to follow printmaking workshop. Wonderful location, great view and fully equipped printing studio. Check out the pictures from the latest workshop given by Nick Morley (UK).
Letterproeftuin workshop
Graphic Design Festival Breda (NL) is a biannual festival taking place from 19 to 23 of September. The program of the festival is quite broad, it is a mix of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, urban interventions and parties. And if you want to get your hands dirty you can take part in a traveling letterpress workshop organized by Letterproeftuin.
Read MoreThe Beauty of Engraving
The Beauty of Engraving by Neenah Paper is a new site and series of prints devoted to engraved printing with a focus on Crane paper line. The website provide a brief history of engraving and the Crane paper line which has been around since 1873. Be sure to check out the gallery of engraved works.
found via quipsologies
T&P cards
Recently I run out of promo cards, so here is the second version:). Printed in 4 colors on FAG proofing press at the MIAT museum.
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Out of print
"Out of Print" is an interactive installation which will run from 17-23 september as a part of Brompton Design District and London Design Festival 2012. The project, created by a group of London based designers, will explore the shift in communication technologies and printing techniques.
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Presstival
‘Presstival’, otherwise known as the annual open day of The Whittington Press, will take place on Saturday 1 September 2012, from 1pm at The Whittington Press, Whittington Court, Whittington, nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4HF.
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