Friday 30 September 2011

Woodblock letterpress






These are some images that i have, there of the letter press wooden blocks which have been placed together to make up the image. I love the effect that it gives and all the different colours and textures you get within the image. You also get a sense of depth from the variety of sizes that the wooden blocks are.








In a project i did at college last year, i made my own letter press blocks which i used to print, but as part of experimenting with them i photographed them and these are some of the results. 

A designer i found called Stephen Kenny specialises in Letterpress, his design studio is called A two pipe problem press.

"Here at the PROBLEM PRESS everything is designed directly on the press with movable wood and metal type. No computers are used in the design process. "

The workshop is based in Walthamstow, East London and is run by Stephen Kenny.










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