Monday 26 October 2015

Letterpress Open Day at Rufford Printing company

On Sunday the 25th October I visited Rufford Printing Company (at Cedar farm galleries) for their Letterpress open day.



It was really interesting to look around their workshop, and at the many different machines. Everyone was so helpful and friendly, explaining the purpose and function of each press in detail to me. I even had a go of my own on several of the presses, including an Arab treadle press and an Adana letterpress.







My finished result below, using four different machines to create the text and decoration on this piece of paper!


I'm very interesting in developing my printmaking skills within my practice, and this has been a great introduction to letterpress!