Hi all! After a long break I'm finally back online. As you might have noticed the blog has slightly changed in its structure (while all old blog posts are available). A few additional buttons have been added - Museums in BE, which include information about printing museums and collection in Belgium, as well as paper mills and book art museum. If you wish to adjust information or add museum/collection to this list, please let me know.
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ΠAdventures
Have you ever wondered what to do with Œ, Æ ligatures, covered in dust in your type cabinet drawers? Rachel Marsh from Semple Press came up with a wonderful idea of “Œ Adventures” book.
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- Prince Charles tries his hand at some printing at St Bride Foundation
- Lost typeface printing blocks found in river Thames
- Inktfeest! → Amsterdam (NL) 12.04.15
- Boekbindbeurs Sint Niklaas (BE) → 19.04.15
The Book Art Museum (Łódź, Poland)
The Book Art Museum (Łódź, Poland), located in Henryk Grohman’s historic villa, was recently awarded the American printing history association’s Institutional Award for 2015 for its outstanding contribution to the study, recording, preservation and dissemination of printing history in Poland over the last 35 years.
Check out The Book Art Museum’s new video describing their origins and activities.
Boogie Doodle. Norman McLaren.
Got fascinated by this rhythmic experimental work made by Canadian animator and film director Norman McLaren in 1941 (!). The film was made without a camera, Norman McLaren drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink.
I have the impression that the paintings of Juan Miró suddenly came to life;)
David Wolske: The letter and the press
I’m sure many of you are familiar with a letterpress artist David Wolske. In this video profile, Wolske lets us into his studio to talk about the development of his work and shows us how he develops his unique prints.
Werkman 2015
The work of designer and printmaker H.N.Werkman (1882-1945) is best known for his innovative printing techniques and experimental typography. Therefore seventy years after his death the city of Groningen organizes various exhibitions (10.04-01.11.2015) and presents a new publication about the artist - “Het boek H.N. Werkman. Leven en Werk” (in Dutch).
Read the full program here & Werkmanproject Vrijheid van Geest door Grafiekplatform VOG.
(thanks to Falstaff & Fakir Private Press for the info)