RAILTON PRESS
Featured:
Limited Edition Print (Series #1)
An exclusive series of twenty-six single edition letterpress prints.
The prints are composed from antique wooden type and locked up on a manually-operated proofing press. The type is then hand-inked and a single print pulled onto deep-dyed, lightfast coloured card.
The age of the wooden type blocks, and the hand-inking process, mean that appealing textures and imperfections are reproduced in the finished prints and no two impressions are the same.
A different card colour is used for each print, which is signed, numbered and stamped, making every edition unique.
Limited Edition Print (Series #1)
About
Railton Press is the small letterpress print studio of London-based graphic designer Peter Gibbons. Using reclaimed and renovated antique manual presses, Pete prints with a small collection of wood and metal type, lino blocks, and any other interesting objects that fit on the presses without breaking them.
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PUBLICATIONS:
• Small Printer, The British Printing Society Magazine
• Pressing Matters, Modern Printmaking Magazine
• Message, Journal of Graphic Communication Design Research, University of Plymouth Press
EXHIBITIONS:
• Small But Mighty, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside, London
• A Show of Hands, Bath Spa University
• New Impressions, Hamilton Printing Museum USA
SHORT FILM:
• Two Minutes of Type, St Bride Library
SHORT TALK:
• Letterpress in the Time of Covid, St Bride Library
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Contact
For commissions, collaborations and any other enquiries please email Railton Press: