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Letterpress Lead Printing for my prototype
For my book cover prototype print, I choose a small lead font called 8pt Petit Post Versalien https://www.voltapress.com/typecatalog/ After choosing the font, I proceed to set up the 8 point size letters which takes a lot of concentration and care Then, I start to …
Bookbinding Workshop Reflection
During the bookbinding workshop I experimented with three different types of stitching and created a signature based book (chap book), a Japanese book block, and a coptic book. Here is my final and favourite result, a coptic stitch book with black pages, white …
Boros Collection – Reichsbahnbunker Friedrichstrasse
There are two very different aspects to a visit to the Boros Collection, however, at the end of the visit it almost feels that they are converging into a new whole. One element is the obvious history of the location and venue, the other is …
Letterpress Workshop – Documentation & Self-Reflection
Lux Revolver Poster printed with wooden letters (and shadow) Delving deeper into the history of letterpress and printing presses, I learn many interesting facts such as that historically movable type was in use in China and Korea for centuries before Gutenberg affected change in …
Berliner Stadtbibliothek – ‘Berlin Reflections – Antlitz Berlin’
Exciting to walk past the Berliner Stadtbibliothek (Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin) on Breite Strasse in Berlin Mitte today, in the knowledge that they are keeping a copy of my first book ‘Berlin Reflections – Antlitz Berlin’ in their archive.
Buchstabenmuseum Berlin (Typography Museum) – 1000 letters over 1000 square meters
The director of the Buchstabenmuseum Berlin (Typography Museum), Barbara Dechant, was so kind to let me take a look at their new premises under the S-Bahn station ‘Bellevue’. The museum is currently closed to the public, whilst negotiations for a new contract with the owner of …
Jewish Cemetery & Lapidarium at Schönhauser Allee, Berlin
Setting out to visit the Jüdischer Friedhof and Lapidarium at Schönhauser Allee, I am curious to see what lies behind the red brick walls of the Jewish cemetery that I have so often walked by in the past. The cemetery itself is silent and …
Visit to Brecht-Weigel-Memorial & Grave in Berlin
Bertolt Brecht’s grave and that of his second wife, Helene Weigel, are located on the beautiful Dorotheenstaedtischer Friedhof in Berlin Mitte. It’s a peaceful and sun-filled cemetery right in the city centre, a city that disappears right behind the graveyard walls. Next …