The art of Letterpress Exhibition

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HiltonDesign & PrintingPress Solutions Design, Sign & Printing S olutions 1 2 365 AOTEAROA Jeff Park Julz Henderson Neighbour’s Press, Hastings Hastings neighbourspress.co.nz w415 x h310mm w308 x h405mm Make today amazing!

3 4 Be the change Because of Us Barry Smith Rosie Paul Deckled Edge Press Extension Art Group, Chisnallwood Maleny, Queensland, Australia Intermediate School barrysmithart.com w322 x h450mm w148 x h210mm Wood cut outline of the world on MDF Two colour print using traditional wood Board. Quote taken from poem written type over colophon print. by herself. Limited Edition 2 of 10. Typeset 36pt Baskerville Italic. 1956 Challenge Proof Press. 210gsm Ivory Board.

5 6 Bizarrity Brittany Packnett Caitlin White Cunningham BLM Ellesmere College FPS Junior Member Quotation w330 x h505mm Peter Andrews Wood and metal type composition. The Stray Waif 1948 Soldan Proof Press. Otaki Cream Teton Cover 216gsm. w297 x h418mm Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an American activist. She was a member of President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force. Hand-set in 14pt and 30pt Berthold Bold. Printed on a Littlejohn Press. Limited Edition 4 of 17.

7 8 Build a man a fire Chai’ a basic recipe Alexandra Trolove Joanne Malherbe FPS Junior Member Hamilton w238 x h318mm w210 x h295mm Quote by Terry Pratchett. Colours Hand carved lino print. mixed using a brayer to create an Letterpress on Chandler & Price 8x12 effective background. Platen Press. Typeset in 42pt Garamond Bold and 1915 Hopkins and Cope Foolscap Albion Press. 150gsm Satin Coated art paper. 9 10 COVID19 Don’t judge a book by Allison & John Brebner it’s cover Homeprint Emma Bobichan Feilding Somerfield School w320 x h450mm FPS Junior Member Two colour print. Huge array of founts w305 x h408mm and composition techniques. Combination of painting, wood type, wood block illustration. 1915 Hopkins & Cope Foolscap Albion Press. 275gsm Drink Coaster Board.

11 12 Ferrymead Friends Matter Printing in her Lucy Archer Hoon Hay Primary School Winter Overcoat FPS Junior Member Patricia Took-Stevens w505 x h292mm FPS Member w870 x h260mm Two-sided artwork combining hand-sourced and arranged monoprints Mixed colour background. Wood type overprinting. with 30pt Ultra Bodoni lead type. 1948 Soldan Proof Press. 1915 Large Post Hopkins & Cope Albion Press. 150gsm Satin Art paper. Fabric: Cotton and Silk.

13 14 Global warming is High up in the tree tops forming George Humphreys-Jerard FPS Member Samantha Cant Extension Art Group, Chisnallwood w503 x h700mm Intermediate School Wood carving and wooden type. w320 x h450mm Hand composed Univers Medium. 1956 Challenge Proof Press. 240gsm Superfine one-side Coated Board.

15 16 Hoea tō Waka Hope – fear is real Holly Maitland Barry Smith Christchurch Deckled Edge Press w320 x h450mm Queensland, Australia Composed and hand set using wood type. barrysmithart.com 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demi w297 x h420mm Albion Press. Artist Proof 2. BJ Ball Eco 100 130gsm 100% recycled Limited Edition of 4 plus 4 APs. paper. 17 18 If I could change If you can be Arona Togiaso anything Extension Art Group, Lily O’Neill Chisnallwood Intermediate South New Brighton School School FPS Junior Member w450 x h320mm w384 x h235mm Wood type overprinting background. 1948 Soldan Proof Press. Wood cut illustration using MDF board. 150gsm Satin Art paper. Own quote printed Times Bold 42pt. 1956 Challenge Proof Press. 210gsm Ivory Board.

19 20 If you can ink it Jui Jitsu Olivia Baker Natasha Thornton Art & Design Student, ARA Chch Extension Art Group, FPS Member Chisnallwood Intermediate w255 x h355mm School Wood cut, hand set 72pt Gill Sans Bold. w450 x h320mm 1956 Challenge Proof Press. Fabriano Cartridge Paper. Wood cut feather out of MDF Board. Quote from poem writting by herself. Composed and hand-set using 30pt Bodoni Ultra. 1956 Challenge Proof. 210gsm Ivory Board.

21 22 Kindness Matters Letter to my Mother Ruby Archer Fiona McLeod Hoon Hay Primary School, FPS Junior Member FPS Member w240 x h496mm w297 x h420mm Influenced by the words of our Prime Minister. Montage of wood type set and flower Background pattern printed in bright colour. shapes. Range of wood type composed and overprinted in 1948 Soldan Proof Press. bright yellow. 170gsm Satin Matt Art paper. Printed on a 1948 Soldan Press. Uncoated side of 550micron Formakote one-side coated board.

23 24 Lockdown Love Jeff Park Xanthe Bridgeman Neighbour’s Press Rudolph Steiner School Hastings FPS Junior Member neighbourspress.co.nz w317 x h445mm w330 x h405mm Quote from Oscar Wilde. ‘LOVE’ wood type printed on 1948 Soldan Proof Press. Composed and handset poem, overprinting on a 1956 Challenge Proof Press. 170gsm Satin Matt Art paper. 25 26 ! LOVE !T Love comes from Ruby Valentine the Heart Rudolph Steiner School Charlotte White FPS Junior Member Ellesmere Primary School w680 x h318mm FPS Junior Member Wood type, 2 colour. w330 x h330mm 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demy Albion Press. Mixed media, heart from GP Uncoated side box board 550microns. Box Board. Metal type held in position with magnets in a heart- shape. 1956 Challenge Proof Press. Cream Teton Cover 216gsm.

27 28 Love Conquers All Love Dares us to Care Rachel Venables Zoe Ball Mount St John Press Villa Maria College w565 x h765mm FPS Member Framed grid of 99 QEII stamps takes w366 x h496mm the mundane object of a used postage David Bowie quote. stamp and celebrates it as a miniature Abstract background with an array artwork. The rainbow of stamps of ink colours. Range of wood type references the power of diversity and overprinting in black ink, finishing in people working together and accepting gold bronze highlighting two words. our differences, “Love conquers”. The 1948 Soldan Proofing Press letterpress frame utilises a 72pt stippled Uncoated side of 550 micron font and vintage ornaments and initial blocks, printed with a silver soy- Whakatane one side coated board. based ink.

29 30 Love is a Habit Love Letters #1 Julie Davey Dr John Holmes FPS Member Dunedin w450 x h640mm w210 x h297mm Poster in memory of Sister Corita Kent Alphabet. (20 Nov 1918 to 18 Sep 1986), an Conqueror Laid. American Roman Catholic religious sister, Two colour. artist, designer and educator. Worn wood type. 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demy Albion Press. 170gsm Satin Matt Art Paper.

31 32 Love Letters #2 Mabel’s Scrub Dr John Holmes Fiona Dempster Dunedin Deckled Edge Press w279 x h385mm Maleny, Queensland, Australia Small quotes from famous people. decklededgepress.com w297 x h420mm Artist Proof #1 25 Feb 2020. Letterpress print with embossing. Typeface Gill Bold Condensed 36pt and 24pt. Fine Art Ink 008 Pantone Green and Van Son VS304 Pantone Black. Junior IIA Proof Press. 33 34 Never say Never Never Think Anna Chan and 6 year old daughter Xavier Ross Candice Waitikiri Primary School Christchurch FPS Junior Member w210 x h335mm w700 x h1000mm Composed popular saying using a range of Composed with wood type. wood type. 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demy Colour ink montage. Albion Press. 1915 Hopkins & Cope Fooscap Albion Press. Kaskad Cream 170gsm paper. 120gsm Vegetable Parchment paper.

35 36 New Studio! Nobody is Free Unless Jacky Thain & Bruce Everybody is Free BLM Grenville Peter Andrews Blockhouse Bay The Stray Waif w417 x h300mm Otaki Watercolour by Jacky Thain w390 x h615mm and letterpress by Bruce Based on the Global Statement of Solidarity Grenville. with Black Lives Matter. The wood type is set by hand. Printed by hand on a Littlejohn Press. Limited Edition 2 of 7.

37 38 Nonsense Nothing to say Sophie Simmonds Nicole Arnett Phillips Parklands School Thames w233 x h445mm @typographher Mixture of wood and metal founts. w255 x h250mm 1948 Soldan Proof Press. Transparent and red ink over BJBall Eco 100 130gsm 100% recycled paper. vibrant orange board.

39 40 O_B_X_P_N_E Only in the Heather Partel darkness Palmerston North Toni Mosley w245 x h245mm Blue Bathtub Press Circular Print 245mm. tonimosley.com Printed August 2019 at w565 x h380mm Pakohe Studio, Whanganui. Letterpress with relief, hand Vandercook Press using dyed. wooden type. 41 42 Ōpāwaho Painting Images Jessica Tabke & Cameron Suzanne Carvell Ralston FPS Member FPS Members w354 x h595mm w610 x h305mm Words are a form of action capable of Maori name for the Heathcote River. influencing change. 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demi Albion Press. Quote by Ingrid Bengis. Kaskad Cream 170gsm paper. Wet strength paper.

43 44 Pockets are Political Power of Love Fiona Dempster Sandy Corbett Deckled Edge Press FPS Member Maleny, Queensland, Australia w280 x h420mm decklededgepress.com Jimi Hendrix quote w300 x h400mm Limited Edition 2 of 7 Gmund Cotton Max White 300gsm. Type: Times Bold 48pt, Times 30pt, Times Single colour letterpress wood type 24pt. print. Ink: Reflex Blue. Traditional wood type, upper case. Printed on a Farley #11. Fine Art Ink Violet (rubber base) and Hand Marbled (Pru Field) 120gsm Royal Gans Rubber Base Opaque White. Hi Bright Paper. Press: Advance Proofing Press, manual roller. Additional machine stitching in green cotton thread, stitch size 4. 2019 Limited Edition 10/10.

45 46 Recycle red thread Carolyn Currie Julz Henderson FPS Member Hastings w350 x h500mm w223 x h312mm Text from a WW2 advertising slogan. Letterpress, relief print, stitched. Text with solvent release. Printed on Rosapina 220gsm.

47 48 Stronger The Barefoot Band together Sandy Corbett FPS Member standing w565 x h685mm shoulder to Quote by Gary S. F. O’Brien. Monotype Series 252 Centaur shoulder Monotype lead type hand composed Nicole Arnett Phillps and aligned. Thames Heading 36pt Centaur Roman, Body @typographher 16pt on 18pt Centaur Italic, Authors w305 x h305mm note 14pt Centaur Roman. Debossed footprints, hand-drawn. Black Colorplan paper, white ink. Printed on a Farley Proofing Press. Paper made by Somerset, England. Limited Edition 1 of 5. 49 50 The Ides The Tale of the Opawa of March, Goose pt1 Christchurch NZ Russ Harris FPS Member Allison & John Brebner Homeprint w600 x h805mm Feilding True story of a goose on the banks of the Heathcote River in Christchurch in w514 x h413mm a series of 3 prints. Embossed lino cut, wide Linocut illustrations. Red letters range of founts. wood cut and body text composed in Limited Edition 1/11 2019 (mounted). Baskerville 72pt lead type. 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demy Albion Printing Press. 275gsm Blotting Paper.

51 52 The Tale of the Opawa The Tale of the Opawa Goose pt2 Goose pt3 Russ Harris Russ Harris FPS Member FPS Member w600 x h805mm w600 x h805mm Part 2. Part 3.

53 54 The Tool Then the World Daniel Shaskey went Pear Christchurch w320 x h453mm Shaped Hand set wood type. Pippa Judge 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Demy FPS Member Albion Press. w500 x h355mm BJ Ball Eco 100 130gsm 100% recycled Wood type and linocut. paper.

55 56 Image Dad tells me Alicia McKim Annabel Wood Denver, Colorado, USA FPS Junior Member aliciamckim.format.com w323 x h624mm w254 x h279mm Wood type, block illustration. Letterpress printed with acrylic type on Arches 88 with oil-base ink. 2020, Limited Edition of 7. 57 58 Eye see you To the glistening eastern Annabel Wood seas FPS Junior Member Joanne Malherbe w245 x h204mm Hamilton Wood carving over mixed ink w210 x h297mm background also carved. Flatbed letterpress. 100% NZ flax fibre paper from Pakohe Papers.

59 60 Toby Unfolded Haiku Danielle Fowler Jo Giddens FPS Member thevcpress.com w297 x h422mm w420 x h594mm Wood cut of her Terrier puppy. A2 unfolded spread from a5 folded haiku 1960 Farley Press. books. 120gsm Cartridge Paper.

61 62 Untitled Virtual Insanity Toni Logan Olivia Hawtin FPS Member Avonside Girls High School w343 x h458mm FPS Member Hand made cotton and New Zealand w310 x h245mm flax paper made by artist. Hand carved circles in Foiling embellishments. background, wood and lead Printed on a Farley #11. type composition overlaid. 275gsm Drink Coaster Board.

63 64 Waikoa Island We cannot control the Post Office wind Envelope Peri Lalanci Cashmere Primary School Bruce Grenville FPS Junior Member Blockhouse Bay w210 x h336mm w324 x h228mm Typeset Garamond Bold with a wooden The Rs 200 and Rs 1,000,000 printing block illustration printed PMS 300 stamps are letterpress printed along with top-left corner of envelope on Blue and silver thermograph (heat-raised an Adana 8”x5” hand press. sailing ship). Teton Cover 216gsm. 65 66 We Cherish We’re All Mad Here Sarita Kotze Catherine Trolove Extension Art Group, Chisnallwood FPS Member Intermediate School w320 x h450mm w446 x h664mm Inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Self-painted acrylic background, quote Laser cut design. taken from poem written by herself. Printed on a 1915 Large Post, Hopkins & Type composed using range of wood type. Cope Albion Press. Printed on a 1867 Hopkins & Cope Double Black binding cloth mounted on card. Demi Albion Printing Press. 210gsm Ivory Board.

67 68 We’re Killing the Animals Wisdom & Humour lies Sophie Payne dormant in the typecase Rangi Ruru School Tara McLeod FPS Junior Member The Pear Tree Press w264 x h495mm Orewa Acrylic painted background. peartreepress.co.nz 1948 Soldan Proof Press. w305 x h466mm 400micron Whakatane one-side pasted board. Metal and wood type and printers blocks.

69 70 “Woof” Yeoubi Maddie Tait-Jamieson Alexandra Trolove Moana Road Press FPS Junior Member Wellington w450 x h319mm moanaroadpress.co.nz Korean word for ‘sun shining w255 x h332mm through the rain’. Hand illustrated, polymer plate. 1948 Soldan Proof Press. Vandercook Press. 170gsm Satin Matt Art paper.

71 Words Alicia McKim Denver, Colorado, USA Thank you for viewing our exhibition. aliciamckim.format.com w254 x h279mm Letterpress printed with acrylic type on Arches 88 with You may also view these again, online oil-base ink. 2020, Limited Edition of 7. at loveletters.org.nz