Participant Info

First Name

Alan

Last Name

Brignull

Press Name

Hedgehog Press

City

Wivenhoe

State

United Kingdom

Country

England

Email

alan.98 AT virgin.net

Website or Blogsite

www.flickr.com/photos/alan98/

Year You Started with Letterpress

1976

How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing

<p style="text-align: justify;">Lettering and calligraphy had interested me since childhood, then I inherited an Adana 8-5 from my grandfather and have had inky fingers ever since.</p>

Presses & Equipment

<p style="text-align: justify;">Adana 8-5, Model 3, Farley proof press. Also, under the table, an Adana Horizontal Quarto, an HS/3 and a tiny Ajax flatbed.</p>

Education & Training

London College of Printing, 1975-1978, HND Printing Technology.

Work History

<p style="text-align: justify;">In chronological order : Publishing Progress Executive / Paste-up Artist / Catalogue Assistant / DTP Supervisor / Print Room Manager / University Technician</p>

Other Interests & Hobbies

<p style="text-align: justify;">Book fancier, stamp accumulator, mail art dabbler. The Hedgehog Press produces stamps for the Kingdom of Adanaland and the Perfect State of Flatby. I'm currently mailer for the Letterpress Exchange Group and, from 2012, co-ordinator of the annual "It's a small World"</p>

Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any

BPS, Letterpress Exchange Group

Birth Year

1955

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