Letterpress: A Creative Guide to Printmaking by Tom Boulton

Letterpress: A Creative Guide to Printmaking by Tom BoultonLetterpress is an exciting and beautiful guide to this age old craft. It celebrates the traditional process of printing movable type on old historical presses, and gives it a contemporary blast with the latest designs and ideas. With over 200 photos, this book is an irresistible account of using letters to create unique prints with a strong message. Tom Boulton is a letterpress printer and typographic artist based on the south coast of England. He is

Working on aluminium plates using less-toxic methods

but its principles can be applied to all visual and pictorial arts

This fantastic kit contains everything you need to make MasterCut blocks and print them onto fabric and paper

place it onto the paper and move it around until the desired print is achieved

painting etc

Can you help me with my artwork

wood and primed surfaces

textured feel to prints on fabric

Please be aware that screens are made in batches once a week

13cm diameter enables you to transfer pressure from your arm more effectively

This press is upper roller driven (without gearing)

) this baren has smooth movement and requires little effort