Ultrabold 20 out now!

Ultrabold 20 is the first of two issues to mark the 125th anniversary of the St Bride Library, and in tribute to such a momentous milestone, it comes with four alternate covers, created by Rui Abreu, Luke Bird, Carol Kemp and Vaibhav Singh. 

The designs extend across issues 20 and 21 and join with their partner to form a single image.

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In the latest issue, librarian Sophie Hawkey-Edwards reflects on the unique magic of the Library and what it means to er and the people who use it; Ursula Jeffries takes us back to the 1890s and how the whole thing got started; Jamhes Mosley examines the photographs Emery Walker took to help William Morris design his types for the Kelmscott Press; Elizabeth Fraser uses a personal health crisis to find creative inspiration; ‘Do it like you do it,’ says Agyei Archer – and does; while Bob Richardson looks at the Model press, the Gujarati Type Foundry, and a Beatrice Warde commission for the Curwen Press, yet more fascinating items from the collection. 

Ultrabold is £10 (only £8 for Friends of St Bride). You can choose your cover, subject to availability and you can buy your copy here... https://stbridelibrary.bigcartel.com/product/ultrabold-no-20

PS ...it is beautifully digitally printed by Principal Colour.

Posted by Justin Hobson 13.05.2021

Ultrabold 15

This is the Spring 2014 edition of Ultrabold magazine, which is the Journal of the St Bride Library - if you aren't familiar with St. Brides, have a look at the link: http://www.sbf.org.uk/

Fenner Paper is pleased to support this publication and in a small way, help preserve the history of the printing industry for future generations.

This latest edition has some really interesting articles including one that is particularly relevant for this very date 12th September - one hundred years ago....

This article is written by Emma Langley of Phoenix Yard Books and is based on her presentation made at the St Bride Conference on book design in September 2013.

 

Illustrator, Stephane Barroux discovered a diary of a French soldier serving in the First World War that was being thrown away. With great ingenuity, he took the diary to his studio and illustrated the soldiers words which resulted as a striking graphic novel (titled: Line of Fire) extracts of which are shown in this article... 

The last entry was 100 years ago today, 12th September 1914.

 

It is not known what happened to the soldier.

http://www.phoenixyardbooks.com/
http://www.barroux.info/

There are many other interesting features in the publication, including this comprehensive article written by Dave Farey in the first of a two part article about the typeface Times New Roman and The Times newspaper itself.

The publication is designed by Simon Loxley and is published by the Friends of St Brides. Printing is sponsored by Principal Colour. The journal is a 40pp self cover, 190x265mm Portrait, saddle stitched and is printed on Brand X FSC 115gsm.

The cover price is £7.00, although as I've mentioned previously on this blog, it's worth mentioning that this publication is free to friends of St Bride - so why not look into joining - might be cheaper than just buying the books and does a bit to help preserve the history of the industry for future generations.

http://www.sbf.org.uk/
http://www.principalcolour.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 12.09.2014

Ultrabold 14

This is the Autumn 2013 edition of Ultrabold magazine, which is the Journal of the St Bride Library - if you aren't familiar with St. Brides, have a look at the link: http://www.stbride.org/

 

Fenner Paper is pleased to support this publication, by supplying discounted material - hopefully doing our bit to preserve the history of our industry for future generations. This latest edition has some really interesting articles, worth a mention.

In this issue, there is a very interesting article about, designer and artist Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) who, in his short career, produced a prodigious amount of work.

  

In this issue there are three separate articles by James Russell, looking at three aspects of his talents, as wood engraver, lithographer and watercolourist.

The publication is designed by Simon Loxley and is published by the Friends of St Brides.Printing is sponsored by Principal Colour. The journal is a 40pp self cover, 190x265mm Portrait, saddle stitched and is printed on Brand X FSC 135gsm.

The cover price is £7.00, although as I've mentioned before, it's worth mentioning that this publication is free to friends of St Bride - so why not look into joining - might be cheaper than just buying the books!

http://www.stbride.org/
http://www.principalcolour.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.03.2014



Ultrabold No7

I have just received my copy of the Autumn edition of Ultrabold magazine, which is the Journal of the St Bride Library - if you don't know about St. Brides - see http://www.stbride.org/

In the past Fenner Paper have supported this publication (by supplying discounted material) although sadly this sponsorship has now come to an end. However this latest edition is certainly worth a mention.

The publication is designed by Simon Loxley and is published by the Friends of St Brides. In this issue, there is a very interesting article by Kath Tudball and Julia Woollams from Johnson Banks about the new "Save the Children" identity (spread below)
There is also a fascinating article about Yulia Brodsakya's designs using the rather forgotten art of "paper rolling" or "quilling" for The Guardian.

Print is sponsored by Principal Colour.
The journal is a 40pp self cover, 190x265mm Portrait and is printed on StarFine White 130gsm

It's worth mentioning that this publication is free to friends of St Bride - so why not look into joining - might be cheaper than just buying the books!

http://www.stbride.org/
http://www.johnsonbanks.co.uk/
http://www.artyulia.com/
http://www.principalcolour.co.uk/