
We then moved to the Letterpress workshop and were given a history and briefing by the technicians, Bob, Barry and Andrew.
Then everyone was encouraged to have a go at inking up and printing...

Everyone had a go at lino-cutting, Andrew had selected the letter E from a Pouchet engraved alphabet which was divided into 16 pieces which were individually cut by different people over the course of the evening.
...just look at the concentration!
When each of the panels was finished they were assembled and put on a proofing press, as you can see below:
...and here is Andrew Long with the first print:
...and here's the finished result:
Thanks to Mondi for sponsoring the event and for providing the Pergraphica paper used throughout the evening.My personal thanks to all the staff and friends at the St Bride Foundation with special thanks to Bob Richardson, Mick Clayton, Andrew Long and Barry who made the evening really good fun.
www.sbf.org.uk
https://www.mymondi.net/ufp/en/brand-group/pergraphica
Posted by Justin Hobson 14.11.2019
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