Letterpress in Barcelona

A week or so ago myself and 9 other design students visited Barcelona for a letterpress workshop at L’Automàtica we called ourselves Ten Press, split into 3 groups and set a brief of creating some postcards. Postcards mark our happiest memories and two of the things which make me the happiest are of course, cats and carbs:

Letterpress

Regardless of the fact it's mid August and the height of the British Summer (rain, more rain with a touch of rain) I'm working on a batch of Christmas Cards. They're all going to be letterpressed and hand made. So far I've just done the first run with the one colour and am working on the second run with the next.

Letterpress and Hand Inked Mail-outs

I've recently picked up a letterpress and am currently knee deep in ink and 12pt type. I've justed put together a handful of little mail-outs and cards as part of a few early experiments. They've all been hand inked, pressed and decorated which is a nice departure from the old mac. However, I'm hoping to get a bit creative and possibly add a dash of digital to them.

Alan Kitching's Letterpress & Typography Workshop

Kitching, the godfather of letterpress, gave a two-day workshop in his studio in Kennington this weekend. I was incredibly fortunate to be able to attend due to a student bursary myself and another student were awarded. (Thank you Kitching and Co for that) A series of two-day workshops are part of Alan’s grand plan to create a new edition of The Printers Terms and I’m beyond grateful to be a part this little moment in potential print history. There was a handful of inspiring visitors which popped into the workshop over the course including ex-Pentagram designers, members of Double Crown Club and AGI. Each participant was presented with a term which we had to visualize, mine was ‘decorative initial’.