Content Generation - The Beginning

Grafica Fidalga, is a printing press in Sao Paula, Brazil. I had seen this video ages ago, before I even decided that letterpess would be my calling for my diploma project.

The work they produce is beautiful and has this lovely old world charm that fascinates me.

This some how feels like the beginning of some content generation...

Interviews Day 1 (20th July 2010)

Yesterday was my first day of Interviews. I had the opportunity to interview D.H. Shankar of Archana Printers in Sourastrapet. He owns a letterpress but also does offset and screen printing. He has been a practitioner of letterpress for 30yrs.
Below is a video from the interview. Here he is explaining how a manual numbering machine works.

I also interview some block makers ( makers of copper+zinc plates for letterpress printing) and saw an old letterpress printing machine that had now been converted into a hot foiling machine.