Tomorrow I’ll have the opportunity to experiment and create some of my own prints in letterpress, to help undertsand I’ve searched a little bit into history of Letterpress.

I quote;

http://miyostudiosblog.com/letterpress-printing-history-and-process

“Historically, letterpress was the process by which everything from church documents to newspapers were printed en masse. In the 15th Century, it was the German Johannes Gutenburg who invented moveable type and the printing press. Individual letters were carved out of blocks of wood and organized into rows of coherent text. These ‘plates’ were then pressed into sheets of paper, printing a individual page. After the necessary copies of the page were printed, the letters were rearranged for subsequent pages and the process was repeated. In 1812, Friedrich Koenig invented the cylindrical press which sped up the printing process considerably.

Over time, the printing equipment has become more and more efficient, enabling the continued use of the the letterpress technique today. Still, if you have ever priced a letterpress print project versus the widely-used digital process, you will note that the former is more expensive to produce. This is because the technique in use remains much the same as it was in the 1400s. Individual lettering and imagery must be hand-arranged, inked, and pressed to deliver the final product”

To get creative, we have been briefed to show time through type. Initially time would be related to a clock face, but this is a strict no as it entales a lack of creativity. And is fairly typical. I’ve brainstormed some ideas of how i can use letterpress to relate to time.

For example;

Black and white; to relate to to old movies e.g. the past.

Black and white fading into colour as the passing of time through television colour development e.g. black and white TV to colour.

The sun rise and sunset.

Seasons etc.