A full size working replica Common Press (as used by Benjamin Franklin) was delivered today to MOTAT.
Replica Common Press goes to MOTAT
April 17, 2007 by LawrenceSedang Press – Bruce Grenville
April 17, 2007 by LawrenceA page has been added for Bruce Grenville’s Sedang Press and a few more names added to the Private Presses main page.
Ferrymead Printing Society AGM
April 15, 2007 by LawrenceThe Ferrymead Printing Society AGM is to be held on Saturday the 28th of April at 2.00pm.
Location – Moorhouse Railway Station at Ferrymead Heritage Park.
Nag’s Head Press
April 7, 2007 by LawrenceA photograph of Bob Gormack has been added to the Nag’s Head Press page. The photograph supplied courtesy NZine – www.nzine.co.nz/features/gormack.html
Photographer Peter Hunt .
Nag’s Head Press – Bob Gormack
April 4, 2007 by LawrenceA page has been added for R. S. (Bob) Gormack’s Nag’s Head Press.
Links page
April 3, 2007 by LawrenceThe links page has been updated by the addition of links to one Canadian and one US source on private presses.
Type High
April 3, 2007 by LawrenceReceived today the April 2007 edition of Type High, the newsletter of The Printing Museum.
The news is not good – they are in urgent need of new premises.
Aranui High School
April 3, 2007 by LawrenceUpdated
Otakou Press – Dunedin
April 3, 2007 by LawrenceGail and I were in Dunedin from the 28th to the 30th of March. While there we visited the University of Otago library to view the exhibition Master of the Burin: the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, 1897-1954. John Buckland Wright was born in Dunedin and became a prominent book illustrator in Europe and Britain in the 1930’s, 40s and 50s.
Just as we were leaving we met Donald Kerr, Special Collections Librarian at the University, and someone closely involved in the University’s Otakou Press. He very generously gave us a tour of the press room (adjacent to the exhibition) and talked about what was happening at the press. As a result I was able to do an Otakou Press page on the website, complete with photographs. It can be seen here: Otakou Press
A web version of the exhibition can be seen here: Master of the Burin: the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, 1897-1954.
Welcome
April 2, 2007 by LawrenceWelcome to the blog for letterpress printing in New Zealand. This blog exists to provide news and items about letterpress printing associated with my website www.letterpress.org.nz.
