Usually when I tell someone I've bought a letterpress they'll say, "Awesome!" and then, "...what is a letterpress, exactly?"
If you click here, you'll see the mini-documentary on letterpress that still gives me chills. The first 10 seconds tipped me from "I'd like to have a letterpress" to "I must have a letterpress or I'll surely die".
The documentary is type-focused and doesn't show the actual machine that I own (a Chandler & Price Old Style), but it's wonderful, and fascinating, and well worth watching. I promise there are no diagrams.
Right. I'm off to clean more "historical grime" off my press.
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Oh that's fascinating! Thanks for the link. It looks like it's going to be a lost art not too long from now. :(
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you can do with it - VERY exciting!
I think even the sounds it will make will be lovely. :)
Oooh...
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hi, I've just discovered your blog and am now very very jealous of your letterpress machine!!! I have two small hand presses up in my loft, and it my dream to have a letterpress workshop so they can come out. It's nice to see that I am not the only one that loves things like this!
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Out of sorts. Hhm. Who'd have thought it came from that?
ReplyDeleteI am jealous
ReplyDeleteamazing!! thank you for the video, and congratulations on getting back 'in sorts' :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with the way letterpress looks- the crisp indentation is perfect. I've never had experience with letterpress before and I've recently come across a great video clip that provides some letterpress lingo. Thought I'd share it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE0OoWX6TQs
Great video,I am glad that I came by here. Good luck with your letter press (what a monster)...letter press shall and will not die !
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