In the meantime.... my friend Merry Cox, a fantastic found object sculptor, sent me a link to this charming video of Marthe Armitage, a British designer of wallpaper and fabrics. Ms. Armitage hand- carves and hand- prints wallpaper to order.... from lino blocks! It's mind-boggling, really.
There's a great article with lots of photos at The Bible of British Taste, too.
So interesting! I love her printing machine - it's very clever. Kind of a cross between a straightforward relief press and a litho press. Cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful papers they produce though. And Marthe is right - her work is very important.
that is amazing work, thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteYes, loved it... was sent to me by Uppercase Magazine.. she is so amazing indeed, would be a great trip to visit her + her daughter!!!
ReplyDeleteSafe travels to ME.
I think the press is a letterpress proof press. I have a similar thing in storage here (no place to set it up to use it, and it needs work).
ReplyDeleteWould be a fun field trip, wouldn't it? I have dreams of doing a UK "tour of printmakers" some day, I know several really great print artists in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England....
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteWow...makes me want to go out to the studio and create! Thanks for sharing!
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