About Face

About Face

The Hamilton Type Museum Type identification for letterpress can be a headache to say the least. When the trade was is it’s heyday the print shop was a bustling hive of organised chaos. Type was housed in labelled drawers, organised by it’s classification and it’s...
Making the Cut

Making the Cut

The Hamilton Type Museum As promised last week I thought it was time I did a post getting down to the nitty grtty stuff that Hamilton has been involved in during it’s functioning years. When Hamilton first went into the production of wood type he used a method that...
There Are Rules

There Are Rules

The Hamilton Type Museum Day 2, 3, 4 – 28th, 29th & 30th September As I mentioned at the end of last week, my first project while at the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum was to set a poster to be hung in the Print Room to remind students and workshops of the...
Inky Fingers

Inky Fingers

The Hamilton Type Museum – Day 2 & 3 – 28th & 29th September The last few days has been swept by in a flurry of wood type, lead and ink. Jumping straight into a project I have been setting some information graphics for the Museums Letterpress Workshops. The...