A Pressing Matter: The historic art of traditional letterpress, captured on assignment for Grafter magazine

I visited The Smallprint Co., a traditional letterpress studio in the heart of Derby’s Cathedral Quarter. Original words and images were published in Grafter magazine.

Vintage spanners on a workshop bench
A selection of vintage books on a wooden shelf
Metal letters arranged in a wooden printmakers tray
A man wearing a grey shirt and flat cap sits in a printmakers workshop
A woman wearing a yellow sweater and green scarf works in an office on a vintage typewriter
Drawers full of tools cover the wall of a print maker's studio
A messy tub of printers ink sitting on a cluttered workbench
A bottle of printers ink on a cluttered workbench in a print-makers studio
A scene in a cluttered printmakers studio. The window is filled with prints hanging up to dry
Letterpress prints hang on the wall above a set of printers drawers in a workshop
Brightly coloured printing inks arranged on a workbench in a studio
A cluttered workbench is filled with printmakers tools and inks
Vintage drawer handles
The word 'Time' set in a printmakers block, surrounded by many other letters
A close-up image of vintage printmaking machinery in a workshop
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