LEN: LETTERPRESS LINKS PAGE

Useful Letterpress Links:

(and frankly some just plain frivolous ones too)

http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html
Resources for Letterpress Printers

http://blog.typoretum.co.uk/
A blog about typography, letterpress & printing history

http://www.bpsnet.org.uk/letterpress.html

Society with membership – website has info on History of Printing, Letterpress & Digital printing

http://www.briarpress.org
The Briar Presses online Museum of presses

http://britishletterpress.co.uk

A UK centric view of hobby letterpress printing  - useful info on  typres of press, type, history, terminology, news & suppliers

http://www.craftycards.net/projects/index.htm

Karen Schwitzer's Ker-bloom! is over eleven years old and one of the only letterpress-printed zines around. Each issue contains a personal essay that relates an event or situation (from epic to banal and everything in between) and how it relates to the bigger picture. So, there's usually some topic that's pretty evident by reading the story, and an underlying socio-political theme to think about. Topics over the past eleven years include: bicycles, love lost, substitute teaching, zine conferences, cancer, anarchism, and domestic violence
http://www.fiveroses.org/intro.htm
David Rose’s - Where Do I Start In Letterpress?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/audioslideshow/2010/apr/07/printing-with-letterpress
Disappearing acts: Printing with Letterpress Thurs 8 April 2010: Phil Abel and his colleagues at traditional letterpress printshop Hand and Eye still use techniques that inventor Johannes Gutenberg would recognise
http://www.happydragonspress.co.uk/composing_room_stores.shtml
Hand-printed books of poetry, plus tips and supplies for fellow letterpress printers
http://www.howtospendit.com/#/articles/513-hot-and-off-the-press
Financial Times article 21.11.09 exploring the renaissance in letterpress printing for greetings cards & social stationery. Web links at end of article
http://ilovetypography.com/
Loads of interesting typo info, articles & links
www.indulgencepress.com
Established by (Minnesota Book Artist of the Year 2010) -  Wilber ‘Chip’ Schilling in 1993, Indulgence Press publishes contemporary authors & poets, collaborating with artists in the production of books & broadsides
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/letterpress-an-instructional-video  
Naomie Ross created this instructional video on how to letterpress while in fact, doing letterpress in the process. Learn by watching, learn by doing; a simple formula, and a nice video. 
http://kelsey-letterpress.blogspot.com/Blog written by a  UK based Graphic Designer with links to online shops showcasing her work
http://ladiesofletterpress.ning.com/
A trade organization for letterpress printers and lovers of print of all kinds
http://letterpressalive.co.uk/
Letterpress suppliers -  tips & supplies for fellow letterpress printers

http://www.letterpress.ch
Letterpress & Printing Website incl. The International Memory Project
http://www.metaltype.co.uk
A good Letterpress resource for supplies, exhibitions courses & workshops, links etc
http://soundcloud.com/solsken/sets/letterpress-as-a-business
Four part audio series from a panel discussion hosted by the an Francisco Center for the Book, in which five Bay area letterpress printers discuss what it means to run a letterpress business in today's economic climate. This event was held on May 27, 2010
http://stbride.org/events/letterpress_1/programme
Letterpress Conference: Forward Thinking, St.Bride’s Library
http://www.theoldschoolpress.com/ppuk/ppuk.htmhttp://www.theoldschoolpress.com/ppuk/ppuk.htm
Private Press in the UK
http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/
Vandercookpress.info is a resource for information on the maintenance and care of Vandercook proof presses. It features a blog, index of models, manufacturing timeline, numerous data tables, articles, and a bibliography. Vandercookpress.info also seeks to expand the common knowledge of other brands of flat-bed cylinder proof presses such as Asbern, Challenge, Reprex etc.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/index3.htm
Tom Cremer’s Book Information Website
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv69kB_e9KY
A 5 min 53 sec film about Letterpress based at the traditional Firefly Press in Somerville Massachusetts.