South African links of interest

Information sites

The South African Preservation and Conservation group Holds occasional workshops on book and paper conservation

International links of interest

Information sites

Briar Press Discussion forum, also lots of other features
Five roses for lots of information
Resources for Letterpress Printers by American Amateur Press Association
Links page at Excelsior Press
Handpress by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds with information about printing with handpresses

Mailing lists and discussion groups

LetPress is an active mailing list relating to all things Letterpress
PPLetterpress a Yahoo group on letterpress printing with Photo Polymer plates

International presses of mention

Arion Press

Interesting Blogs about Letterpress

PRINTERESTING with some interesting finds about letterpress
TYPORETUM all about type and letterrpess
WORK & THOUGHTS by Armina showing the posts about letterpress (moving to new home July 2011)

Letterpress in the movies

There are many clips related to letterpress printing to be found on YouTube.

Letterpress by the Fall of Autumn
A lost dog from Sesame Street shows the making of a wanted poster

There are various digital copies of some old vocational films from the Prelinger archive but you have to weed your way through some unrelated stuff that shows up on the keywords searches.

Films with keyword typesetting
Films with keyword printing

There are also a number of older and contemporary popular movies and TV series that feature letterpress printing either as a modern craft or in period settings.

The list is too long to replicate here but a thread on Briar Press has listed more than one will get to see easily, below a few of the 21st century ones one might get to see.

Seven Pounds a redemption movie starring Will Smith and Rosario Dawson with Will repairing Rosario’s Heidelberg Windmill press ‘The Beast”.
Inception a science fiction movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, the preparations take place in an old printing plant.
Catch me if you can Leonardo DiCaprio who prints forged cheques on a ill-matched cylinder press.
Enemy at the Gates
Wizard of Gore
Miss Potter

TypeCulture has their own list of movies that can be downloaded or purchased.

International suppliers

Ink Rollers

Tarheel Roller & Breyer Company – composition and soft rubber rollers
Caslon – Adana ink rollers, consumables and some spares
eBay – Occasional new ink rollers and trucks/runners for popular desktop presses from a couple of vendors
Nik Semenof – Sells an interesting 3-Part Roller for hand inking of lithographs
RAMCO Roller Products – Sensitive to Letterpress users
Advanced Roller Company – Heidel berg rollers from stock and recovering of other press rollers

Type Founders

M&H
Dale Guild
Offizin Paranassia with a large selection of matrixes is still casting in Europe

For a list of digital type designers and everything related to type see the page by Luc Devroye.

Paper sources

Mohawk
French
Arches
Crane
Rives
Magnani
Hahnemuhle
Wausau
Somerset
Canson
Strathmore

Some paper mills have closed down not so long ago

Scotia

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The new era 2013

Letterpress SA has a Facebook page that will allow people to keep up to date with the trends in South Africa, please go and visit and like so you get automatic updates.

Calrose Typesetters is closing the workshop. Pretty much everything is up for sale. Like their page on facebook and you can be updated as stok is listed.

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New Printing Museum opened in Pretoria last week. Currently housed in a shared location that is pretty compact but with plans for future growth.Check out the picture of the old Columbian iron hand press (yes the one with the eagle).

Inspired by Japan relief Print Exhibition
The Centre for Japanese Studies is proud to present the Inspired by Japan - Aid Through the Art of Printmaking portfolio exhibition. This is made up of around 60 prints from as many artists around the world that were editioned in aid of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief.

Calrose Typesetters Is restructuring, downsizing and winding down. It has proven impossible to carry on in the present situation and with possible need to relocate they are going to dispose of much of their typesetting and letterpress gear. Some of it will be listed on the SirPlus market but best to contact them if you have specific needs.

The South African Print Gallery
is proud to present recent work by Theo Paul Vorster of hand coloured Lino Prints.
Theo will be at the exhibition opening Saturday 09 July 11 am, ends Thursday 04 August 2011
This exhibiton is now closed.

Calrose Typesetters Has suffered a number of debilitating burglaries during and after the Easter holidays. At this time they are unable to do any slug casting due to extensive loss of matrixes for the Ludlow and Intertype machines. If you hear of any matrixes that have found their way to scrap metal processors please contact them.

Standard Bank Gallery is hosting an exhibition of prints from the Caversham Press. Included are linocuts, woodcuts, lithographs, silk screen prints and engavings. The exhibition opened on 14 October and runs until 4 December, no reason to miss this great selection from over 70 artists.

Vandercook Print Bundle Exhibition Exhibition is over but the web page and digital catalogue will remain.

Cape Town Book Fair from 30 July to 2 August (first day is for trade only) - Closed
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Letterpress South Africa

South African links of interest

Information sites

International links of interest

Information sites

Mailing lists and discussion groups

International presses of mention

Interesting Blogs about Letterpress

Letterpress in the movies

International suppliers

Ink Rollers

Type Founders

Paper sources

Some paper mills have closed down not so long ago

Search Letterpress SA

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