Letterpress Exercise Reflection

During a Introduction session into the techniques and processes involved within Letterpress I learnt how to use the different letterpress’s as well as recorded my outcomes of the session. Letterpress is an older method of printing letter forms onto paper, by physically constructing the sentence using small metallic blocks with the letter form on the end, this takes the majority of the time, it requires a collection of items to be able to complete successfully. as well as the letterpress itself and the letter forms, appropriate ink is required alongside the metal braces to hold the letter forms in. there was a large array of typefaces available, as well as because the process is manual the words and sentences created have individuality, the fact that the press physically imprints the letter forms onto the paper, indents are created as well as small imperfections that yield personality within the sentence. There were many options available in terms of colour, however in this particular workshop the two presses were utilising a red and a black coloured ink. I enjoyed this exercise and found that the use of the letterpress would be best utilised when printing physical media such as book covers, Where a handmade finish is more advantageous. If I were to do this workshop again I would like to attempt to use separate typefaces within the same sentence as well as generally attempt more complex techniques and processes within letterpress