Big changes at Pirouette Press! There’s a Vandercook to add to the studio direct from Holland today. Problem is when we tried to fit it in the door to the new downstairs studio space, (too heavy to go upstairs) it was a little too snug--luckily my husband isn’t afraid of machinery and will be working on the problem this weekend. The solution is to lovingly remove the handle and if that doesn’t work...
Friday, June 28, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Letterpress Jam Session
Great fun this weekend with 9PT and other letterpress people from all over Europe and beyond at 2nd. edition Letterpress Workers conference/print jam session. The theme you may have guessed was food. The session was held at Macao (currently a cultural and arts but once the Municipal Slaughterhouse Company Headquarters 20 years ago) in Milan.
Pirouette Press :: Milk & Cookies |
Anne Marie Koper :: Linocut farm animal |
Thomas Gravemaker :: Typographic layout of participants |
Beatrice Bless :: Seed to Feed |
Jens J. Hansen :: Slow and Quick |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
La Stampa
The Italian newspaper La Stampa, (literally translated--PRINT) printed in Turin, wrote up a nice piece on Pirouette Press letterpress activities in Mondovì. I was sure to give a shout out to Roberto Masante, (80 year old +) expert printer, who I’ve had the pleasure to work side by side here and has enriched by experience.
“....attenta ad unire cultura POP e parole e messaggi evocative in stampe sintetiche ed efficaci.”
La Stampa
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