<p style="text-align: justify;">My interest in printing began when I was given a rubber- stamp-style printing kit as a present on my 10th birthday. At school I was introduced to lino-cuts and wood-cuts and the smell of printing ink. The fascination with producing an image on to a surface has never left me.</p>
Presses & Equipment
Cropperette, Minerva, Vandercook SP15
Education & Training
<p style="text-align: justify;">Joined British Army armoured cavalry regiment in 1950 - just in time to find myself in Korea in 1951. By the time my 12 years of military service had finished I owned a well travelled 8x5 Adana. In 1963 I acquired a Cropper Charlton on which I printed small jobs for a small town newspaper and printshop, before becoming the editor for two years. I was hooked on letterpress by then and enrolled on a degree course at The London College of Printing. After graduating I somehow got sidetracked and moved into main stream media and TV as a scriptwriter and producer. Now retired, I have two treadle machines sitting alongside a Vandercook SP15 in my garage space and I’m back to wood cuts, hand printing on quality papers and experimenting with photopolymer images, simply for the sheer pleasure I get.</p>
Work History
Other Interests & Hobbies
<p style="text-align: justify;">Joined British Army armoured cavalry regiment in 1950 - just in time to find myself in Korea in 1951. By the time my 12 years of military service had finished I owned a well travelled 8x5 Adana. In 1963 I acquired a Cropper Charlton on which I printed small jobs for a small town newspaper and printshop, before becoming the editor for two years. I was hooked on letterpress by then and enrolled on a degree course at (then)The London College of Printing - now part of the University of the Arts London.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After graduating I somehow got sidetracked and moved into main stream media and TV as a scriptwriter and producer. Now retired, I have two treadle machines sitting alongside a Vandercook SP15 in my garage space and I’m back to wood cuts, hand printing on quality papers and experimenting with photopolymer images, simply for the sheer pleasure I get. Sadly, not so active as I would like to be these days !</p>
Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
BPS
Birth Year
1931
Your Photo or Press Photo
Predefined Group Memberships
APA: Amalgamated Printers Association AAPA: Amatuer American Press Association APHA: American Printing History Association ATF:American Typecasting Fellowship BPs: British Printing Society LOLP: Ladies of Letterpress NAPA: National Amateur Press Association
