The Itinerant Printer is Chris Fritton.
He spent a year on the road visiting letter press establishments all over the country
introducing a current generation to the old way of printing text & graphics as well as working hand in hand with many small press shop owners.
He spent a year on the road visiting letter press establishments all over the country
introducing a current generation to the old way of printing text & graphics as well as working hand in hand with many small press shop owners.
Letter Press Printing creates a beautiful tactile result.
He now has a coffee table book out about the journey,
those he met along the way & the art of letter press printing.
those he met along the way & the art of letter press printing.
His TED talk is what really got me interested in the details of his journey.
The idea of apprenticeship has been lost & should be reintroduced.
Chris has his own process & style. Learning new ways to use an old technology.
Then this podcast. The serendipity of this sort of undertaking is never lost on me.
If you have the time it's worth a listen. Then end will bring tears to your eyes.
I had the opportunity to take a letter press workshop a few years back.
It is a laborious process when you are setting type & printing by hand.
It is a laborious process when you are setting type & printing by hand.
The above is a shot from my class. Notice all the hands & tools and pieces involved.
All this gives a new appreciation for old books. We humans have worked
hard over the ages to make reading available to the masses. Must be very important.
Have you ever felt a book printed in this way? The impression of the words on the paper?
Do you own any books done with letterpress?
All this gives a new appreciation for old books. We humans have worked
hard over the ages to make reading available to the masses. Must be very important.
Have you ever felt a book printed in this way? The impression of the words on the paper?
Do you own any books done with letterpress?
