Letterpress

Another exciting event this month is the Eat Lead exhibition curated by Hackney-based letterpress studio Pixel Press, held at the Atom Gallery. Eat Lead is few of its kind, showcasing an international assortment of talented Letterpress artists with work spanning from the highly traditional to the experimental. Featuring work that…

Elegante Press is a design and letterpress studio owned by Saulius and Viktorija. They love what they create while combining handicraft, antique presses, beautiful paper and hand-mixed inks. At People of Print, we love seeing studios who are using traditional methods of printmaking with contemporary artwork, keeping the spirit of…

Nate Harris is a graphic artist with a focus on bold, colorful & often character driven work. He divides his time between woodworking, printmaking, and illustration, approaching each project with a unique combination of disciplines. Nate is currently a member of the art collective Space 1026 in Philadelphia. He has…

Daniel Peter is a Swiss designer and art director based in Bern. He creates visual concepts for culture, art, music and advertising. He was also recently part of Studio Feixen, worked at Velvet, Raffinerie, Thonik and Hi. His project ‘The Monthly Calender’ is clean, simple and functional.The project discovers compositions in manual…

“A Wayz…what…?” is usually the response you get when you mention the word Wayzgoose, its such an unusual word to so many people, but if you were involved in the printing trade ‘in the olden days’ it would have been a familiar term. Over time the meaning has changed somewhat,…

Presenting Tap Type, a new and exciting collaborative project launched on the 26th of March 2017. We spoke to designer Rich Norgate who kindly gave us an insight into the creative process and general happenings of the project. Scroll down to read on..  Tap Type was last modified: April 4th,…

Here at People of Print we love to see creative companies emerging and flourishing. The company that we’ve had our eye on is newly formed Everpress — a beautifully designed online platform with functionality to match it’s aesthetic. To cut a long story short, Everpress allows creatives to sell professionally…

On the 26th January 2015, Chris Fritton aka ‘The Itinerant Printer’, set out on a coast-to-coast journey to redefine the idea of itinerant or “tramp” printers in modern times. Fascinated by the concept of ‘a union card’ back in 1852 where a member of the International Typographical Union (ITU) could…

As part of one of their latest project, Design Press Green Space have collaborated with New North Press and Thomas Mayo & Co. to create a new way of printing with letterpress. Titled AHP Six, the project was a result of creative consultancy Green Space working with local artisan printmakers…

A much anticipated celebration of printmaking, independent publishing and the advancing of digital publishing and printing techniques is hosted on a monthly basis under the title of Raw Print. Raw Print is both a welcome and exciting addition to the buzz around the up and coming creative scene of Nottingham, hosting…

Posterzine is our monthly publishing project where a poster meets a magazine in the form of a gorgeous A1 format (594x841mm) poster which folds down into an A4 monograph. The third issue features the amazing San Francisco letterpress sisters Hello!Lucky, who have spent eleven years perfecting their practise. Enjoying nothing more than a good…

We went along to see You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966—70, which runs from 10th September 2016 until 26th February 2017 at the V&A Museum. This colossal exhibition explores the era-defining significance and impact of the late 1960s upon life today. From global civil rights, multiculturalism,…

Currently, there is a well known renaissance and surge in popularity of letterpress printing. It could be seen as a response to the digitisation of the modern world, in a similar way to the Arts & Crafts movement’s reaction against industrialisation, or simply a passing trend. Aiming to keep the…

For years the Type Archive has been something of a mystery. A near mythical place that many people have heard about but seldom few have ever seen. A repository for the equipment and precious materials from Britain’s great type foundries, the Type Archive holds one of the most important collections…

Regarded as one of Linocut’s superstars, the prints created by London-based illustrator and printmaker Sophy Hollington represent an exciting departure for intimate realms where touch-screens and mouse-driven desktops seem irrelevant. Known for its beautiful textures and painterly marks, Linocut has always been one of the most intriguing techniques to explore.…

We are very excited to announce that we will be putting on a top-notch display of prints at our first ever Christmas Print Fayre, which will take place at none other than KK Outlet in Hoxton Square, London. We are literally going to fill the walls from top to bottom.…