Narrative - (Text and Image) Letterpress

Looking into letterpressing for this particular module is something that I have found very beneficial, it has been very important for me to have a large range of different texts and typography to research. Reinventing Letterpress has been very helpful due to the large range of practitioners and their different techniques.

Hammerpress has used ornamental letterpress to create the type.
"The design is quite simple and basic, but what makes this piece interesting is all is the intricate detail work." The Poster was printed in three colors on a Vandercook press.
C. Rivers, Reinventing Letterpress: Inspirational Pieces by Contemporary Practitioners, Switzerland, RotoVision SA, 2010, P36

Sergi Diaz, London UK
These posters were created by Sergi Diaz during a letterpress workshop held at the London College of Communication.
Something to note about these posters is the use of colour, its what caught my attention when researching letterpress with Reinventing Letterpress. The poster is titled Klang, named after the type it features.
C. Rivers, Reinventing Letterpress: Inspirational Pieces by Contemporary Practitioners, Switzerland, RotoVision SA, 2010, P61

Now to something exciting, this is a postcard I got when travelling around America two years ago, at the time I didn't realise it was actually made with letterpress until I recently found it and actually looked at the back.
One of the best parts of owning this and getting to actually physically hold it is seeing the indent of the letters made by the press. I am going to experiment with letterpress and try out lots of different types and colours and see if I can start making my narrative from there.