by Kathleen Murphy | 23 Jun, 2011 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
A dozen large format “Poster Poems”, with words from Nick Alexander, are now complete and ready for posting up during Ledbury’s Poetry Festival. Having spent quite a few hours designing and typesetting my own “Poster Poem” for...
by claredelatorre | 28 Mar, 2011 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
I popped into Tilley Printing last Friday and witnessed preparations for an unusual Poetry Festival Event in the Courtyard at Tinsmiths. The Ledbury Poetry Festival, which runs from 1-10 July this year, will include Poetry Readings by Nick Alexander in Tinsmiths Alley...
by claredelatorre | 21 Mar, 2011 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Eight hundred invitations for our next exhibition “Tinsmiths’ Printmakers 2011” have just rolled off the press. We selected “The Liverton Fox” from work by printmaker John Richardson and set about making three engravings from a digital...
by claredelatorre | 27 Sep, 2010 | Calendar Blogs, In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Our 2011 Letterpress Calendar is being typeset as I post this blog. This year we are delighted to feature Tilley’s wooden and metal type. With such a magnificent variety, the choosing of these large blocks was a thoroughly enjoyable experience . The typefaces...
by claredelatorre | 22 Jun, 2010 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Tinsmiths Tipples In celebration of Roger Abbott’s poetry performance at Tinsmiths as part of Ledbury Poetry Festival 2010, we collaborated with Tilley’s Printers to create “Tinsmiths Tipples”, beermats rejoicing in Roger’s limericks....