Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

Thursday, April 26, 2018 @ 6:00 PM
cSPACE King Edward - 1721 29 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
$20 General | $18 Member | FREE Student Member

The Graphic Designers of Canada are proud to host the Calgary premiere of “Pressing On: The Letterpress Film”. A documentary about the 500-year-old craft of letterpress, a form of printing using moveable type and printing presses.

Once essential to communication, the process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, "Pressing On: The Letterpress Film" explores the question: why has letterpress survived?

Clawhammer Press, Feast Letterpress, Ochre Lea, and DeAnne Bedier will be showcasing letterpress goods. Edmonton's Ochre Lea will have a tabletop press on display and will do some public printing.

Join us at cSpace for this celebration of letterpress.

5:00pm Feast Letterpress open house (4th floor)
6:00pm Cocktails + Appetizers, Letterpress Market, Raffle
7:00pm Screening of Pressing On, with an introduction from Michael Hepher of Clawhammer Press

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