Despite the cancellation of the Letterpress Workers event in Milan due to ‘we all know what’ it was still decided to make a publication, as it was happening every year. This time it will be a box gathering letterpress printed works by the participants accompanied by a booklet. The theme ‘New Beginnings’ became a kind of reaction to the events surrounding us for the last couple of months. I embraced the idea of 'new beginnings', a fresh start. An opportunity to experiment with materials and genuinely have fun while printmaking. For me it all has started…from a CD. And not only because I've discovered a box of old (non-working) CD's and was looking for good use of it, but because music is playing a very important role in my life: music unites, music heals even when physical separation is trying to ruin the party.
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Quick links
1. TYPA Artist in Residence 2020 - link
2. Limited Edition Art Fair Hosted by Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian. 14-16.02.20 - link
3. Reverting to Type 2020: Protest Posters - link
4. The importance of place: printing in the context of history and society. The annual conference of the Association of European Printing Museums. Offenbach, Germany. 28-30.05.20. Organised by the Klingspor Museum and the Haus der Stadtgeschichte (Offenbach Local History Museum) - link (cancelled)
Very like a whale. 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth.
To mark the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth the Bodleian Library invited contributions to the collective edition of 'Extracts' from Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick. I’m proud to be one of the contributors.
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Plus Ultra by Daniel García Andújar
A few weeks ago I had pleasure of assisting Daniel García Andújar in printing of 4 posters for the opening of his exhibition 'Plus Utra' at the KIOSK in Ghent for which he especially flew over from Barcelona. After going through the reach wood type collection of the MIAT (now Industrie Museum) Daniel chose the suitable type. As he already had an experience in typesetting we quickly finalised the composition and after running some tests and makeready everything had been printed on FAG 405 at the printing department of the museum. It was a lovely experience. Nice to meet you Daniel!
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Quick links
1. A complete reprint of the revolutionary Gutenberg Bible “B42” - link.
2. A fabulous set of photos of the Caslon Type Foundry at the beginning of the twentieth century - link.
3. Françoise Pétrovitch at the Centre de la Gravure (BE). This exhibition is a mix of prints, sculptures, wall drawings and a video installation entitled ' The wolf and the wolf ' - link.
4. The voice of the people before Twitter? The protest poster worldwide from 1968 to 1973.
"Get Up, Stand Up!", changing the world with posters! 400 posters, 30 countries, 5 continents. 09.05.2018 - 30.09.2018, MIMA museum (BE).
Posters for the MIAT
Creating and printing posters, self-initiated or on a commission is something I enjoy making the most. So, therefore, I was quite enthusiastic when it came to collaboration with MIAT museum where 2 different posters had to be designed, typeset from wood and metal type and letterpress printed at the printing department of the museum.
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Quick links
1. Pre-order the Itinerant Printer book & get five mini prints.
2. Der Papiermacher. Gangolf Ulbricht manufactures the thinnest paper in the world and restores old books and works. UIbricht is one of the few people in Europe who can still make paper the old-fashioned way.
3. Futura_90 by Bunkertype. A tribute to the typography of Paul Renner in commemoration of his ninetieth anniversary.
4. TypeNotes magazine dedicated to typography and graphic design.