Beauty Of Letterpress
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
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Beauty of Letterpress is launching today, a novel website hosted past times Neenah Paper featuring letterpress run from notable letterpress printers, designers, as well as artisans from but about the U.S. The site features selections from a novel curator each month, offering upward letterpress history, context, educational information, community connections as well as a listing of letterpress printers circular out the site.
While developing this virtual letterpress domicile for the 21 st century, the creators could non aid but see the physical deed of Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (woodtype.org) the landmark establishment preserving the rich history as well as assets of letterpress dating to the nascence of letterpress inwards the 15th century. The Beauty of Letterpress launches amongst a Neenah Paper, Inc. inaugural to aid enhance $30,000 inwards funds for the Museum’s deed through matching donations as well as gifts of express edition prints to designers, letterpress printers as well as admirers of this craft.
The kickoff express impress is past times Jennifer James of Two Paper Dolls. Click here to run into as well as peradventure donate as well as aid salve printing history.
In add-on to featuring the run of artists, The Beauty of Letterpress highlights CRANE Papers as well as Neenah Paper as well as offers newspaper samples , videos as well as many community resources . Letterpress printers, designers, lovers as well as aficionados are invited to submit run to The Beauty of Letterpress, subscribe to the RSS to run into novel run inwards real-time, as well as bring together its dedicated online communities on Facebook , Pinterest , as well as Twitter
In the kickoff issue, Jennifer James of Two Paper Dolls curates a grouping of works, as well as I had to percentage amongst you lot 1 of the projects featured a fun marriage invitation past times
