I have been given access to a letterpress shop. Interestingly, nobody else with access to the shop knows how to use it, and it hasn’t been used in years.
I know something about letterpress printing from reading books about printing, but I still think it’d be a really, really good idea to read in more detail about how to use the machines. I’m looking for recommendations of books about how to use a letterpress.
Tom, I wonder if there isn’t a workshop or a local letterpress that wouldn’t mind you hanging out to watch. I think you’d learn more from experience rather than books. ;^)
( Moving this thread to General Discussions. )
If you get serious about it (like if your geographic area is affluent...) and start using photopolymer plates for printing, do get a copy of “Printing Digital Type” by our Gerald Lange.
http://bielerpress.blogspot.com/
http://cgi.ebay.com/Printing-Digital-Type-Letterpress-Photopolymer-Manua...
hhp
Check Paul Maravelas’s book on letterpress:
Maravelas, Paul LETTERPRESS PRINTING, A MANUAL FOR MODERN FINE PRESS PRINTERS.
It is available from Oak Knoll Press:
http://www.oakknoll.com/results.php?s_ShowPics=1&search_val=Maravelas&se...
& Amazon seems to have a few available.
But read this book in conjunction with hands-on learning. Miss Tiffany is right.
powers
Thomas
A good online resource for a general intro is
http://www.fiveroses.org/intro.htm
One of the better all around manuals is
General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing by Glen U. Cleeton, Charles W. Pitkin, and Raymond L. Cornwell
Gerald
I found three rather detailed manuals on letterpress printing, including Maravelas’s and many of those listed at http://www.fiveroses.org/intro.htm#Manuals, in a library. I’ll look for an active letterpress shop too.
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