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Linocut and letterpress workshop in Italy

Linocut and letterpress workshop at Opificio della Rosa I have just got back from Italy where I was running a linocut and letterpress workshop at Opificio della Rosa, Montefiore Conca. This is the third year I have run the course and it was as fun as ever playing with wooden blocks in an old castle […]

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Linocut and Letterpress workshop in Italy

This summer I’m running another linocut and letterpress workshop in Italy. Set in a stunning medieval castle, Opificio della Rosa is a low environmental impact printmaking studio run by my friend Umberto Giovannini. Each summer the studio hosts a number of visiting artists who come to teach various printmaking processes, including woodcut and copper engraving. […]

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Anonima Impressori letterpress studio, Bologna

On my recent visit to Italy (where I was teaching a linocut and letterpress workshop) I visited the studio of Veronica Bassini in Bologna. Anonima Impressori is tucked away down a quiet street to the west of the city and is full of drawers of type and printing presses rescued from typography studios all over […]

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Linocut & Letterpress workshop at Opificio della Rosa 2013

I’ve just returned from Italy where I was teaching a linocut and letterpress workshop at Opificio della Rosa, a beautiful printmaking studio in a castle. The aim of the workshop was to produce a book, based on a narrative which each student had chosen. The first two days were spent learning how to make marks […]

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Linocut workshop with KALEID editions

Last week I ran a linocut workshop with KALEID editions at The Art Academy in London. The workshop coincided with KALEID 2012, an exhibition and artists’ books fair organised by my good friend and artists’ books guru, Victoria Browne. The event showcased the best books from around Europe and drew a large and enthusiastic crowd. […]

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KALEID 2012 Artists Book Fair and Exhibition

KALEID 2012 Artists Book Fair and Exhibition takes place in London next Saturday, 21st July. I am delighted to have been selected for the exhibition and will be showing my brand new book Onomatopinocchio, which I made on a recent residency in Italy. Onomatopinocchio is printed using a combination of linocut and letterpress and explores […]

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Linocut and letterpress residency in Italy

I just got back from Italy, where I was making a new artists book at Opificio della Rosa in Montefiore, near Rimini. This is the studio where I will be teaching a linocut and letterpress workshop in August. The studio is in this medieval castle: Montefiore castle Opificio della Rosa has an amazing collection of […]

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New Albion Press from Rochat

I was invited recently to write a short review for Printmaking Today magazine on a brand new printing press. The press is an Albion and is being made by Harry F Rochat, a family-run company famed the world over for their etching presses. Luckily for me they are based just up the road in Barnet, […]

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