John Bull Printing Outfit No.9

Fabulous Flea Markets

Fabulous find at Bristol Flea market - John Bull Printing Outfit No.9

All the more relevant after recently stumbling across this fascinating film with Stephen Fry.

The Machine That Made Us

This is the trailer. See full film here https://vimeo.com/59440552

StampDuty with Lilla and Meg

A creative space to meet and share, explore and play

Inside John Bull Printing Outfit No.9 there is a tin box full of tiny rubber letters and a line of letters placed in a wooden holder. I ink up the letters in the holder and press it into a piece of wood to reveal the word 'Acceptance' and so the rest of StampDuty is a cathartic expression of acceptance with fields of numbers and unspoken characters, cows and pigs, dogs and milkmaids all choo choo chewing from the southern trains.

See Lilla's website for evolution of StampDuty Stamping it Out

Dedication to the booksellers of Mutanabbi Street - Bagdad

Dennis Gould & Jeff Cloves

Yesterday I visited UWE's Centre for Fine Print Research where Sarah Bodman and Angie Butler put on an exhibition of artist's books and readings from 'Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here' to commemorate the booksellers of Al-Mutanabbi Street. The book was edited by Deema Shehabi, poet and writer and Beau Beausoleil poet and bookseller and founder of Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition.

Typesetting & printing in the letterpress studio

In the letterpress printing studio, poet and letterpress printer Dennis Gould and book designer Lucy Guenot typeset and printed Dennis’s poem 'Book Stall Blues' dedicated to the booksellers of Al-Mutanabbi Street. Lucy invited me to help artists Pam and Charlotte typeset Jeff Cloves poem 'The Street of the Poet Al Mutanabbi' with a mix of type in 18pt.

'A Valentine for New Albion' & 'Book Stall Blues'

Thank you to Jeff who kindly gave me a copy of his poem 'A Valentine for New Albion' originally printed on his typewriter and to Dennis who gave me a beautiful print of his letterpress poem 'Book Stall Blues' printed on handmade paper. And thanks to Lucy who invited me to take part typesetting the poem.

Reading from Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Thanks to Angie and Sarah for inviting me to join in the readings from 'Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here' Their mission was to spend the day reading every single poem and piece of writing in the book and it was an honour to be part of that.

For more information about the book 'Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here' visit http://www.al-mutanabbistreetstartshere-boston.com/

Folklore Printed in Blue & Gold

Photo: I borrowed Angie's Adana 8 x 5 to print the rest of the album cover, using polymer plates for each side.

Angie runs letterpress courses at UWE at the Centre For Fine Print Research You can find more information about her letterpress courses here http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/research/cfpr/courses/cpdcourses/

Polymer Plates for Back and Inside Cover

Thank you to Roy Caslon for all your help with the chase base and Peter at Lyme Bay Press for polymer plates.

'Folklore' by Guy Malkerson will be released on the 27th March 2014. His album launch takes place at the Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, Bristol, Avon BS2 0NW - Doors open 7pm.

Guest performances from

Lonely Tourist Mark McDowell The legendary Barry

Letterpress - Love & Hugs

Love & Hugs

Just My Type

This range includes 'You & Me', 'I Love You', 'My Love', '?' & Just My Type.

Valentine's cards available from Makers Shop & Gallery

Folklore CD cover - working progress

Photo: Work in progress - Printing 'Folklore' front cover with Ruth's Hand Lever Block Printing Press.

Ruth Broadway is a maker who illustrates and prints, makes jewellery and home accessories. You can visit her blog here http://rubyandthepaperparade.blogspot.co.uk

You can also find her wonderful work at Makers Shop & Gallery too.

Lino Registration Front Cover

Embarking on an exciting new project this month - to design and print an edition of 200 album covers for Guy Malkerson's new album 'Folklore'. I produced a linocut for the front cover and designs for polymer plates to print the inside, spine and back cover in blue and gold. All printed on 100% recycled card stock.

Huge thanks to Ruth Broadwayand Angie Butler for the loan of your presses for this project. My trusty Adana is having a rest and in need of a checkup so I'm extremely grateful to have your wonderful support to enable me to complete this project.