Posts Tagged ‘Heritage’
Creative Spaces
We’re very much looking forward to hosting workshops by other creatives in the coming months in our brand new space, The Workshop (watch this space for some exciting news)! As well as providing space for other creatives to run workshops in, the space is also available for meetings including networking and team building. More details…
Read MoreNew beginnings
We’ve been working so hard over the last few weeks and we can finally see an end in sight! Hooray!!! We must say that the work could not have been achieved in the time that it has, without the help of some very generous friends and family, donating their time to splash paint on the…
Read MoreMaking progress
Our new space is in good shape overall but a little tired around the edges, so we’re decorating throughout, removing the grubby carpet and adding our own touches. Some days it feels like it’s going on forever and then we remember that we’ve only been there 3 days, a week, 2 weeks… It’s actually shaping…
Read MoreFrom Banks Mill to Friary Street (via Chapel-en-le-Frith)…
It’s been an absolute whirlwind over the last few weeks but it’s been such fun and we’ve been overwhelmed with the support that friends and family have given us. They are absolute stars! The actual move went as smoothly as expected (although I suspect Phil may be a little more hesitant in helping us to…
Read MoreBBC4 visits the studio!
The BBC4 popped by to film some shots of the presses for a show to be aired around Christmas time recently. Railways: The Making of a Nation has a lot more to do with letterpress than you (or I) realise! Simply put, industrial centres -towns and burgeoning cities – produce something which in Derby’s case was…
Read MoreUtopia Works: A Factory
Recent project collaboration with Bullet Creative, University of Sheffield & The Open University.
Read MoreStories of Change, Utopia Works
Due to a series of fortunate events, the guys from Bullet Creative found themselves on the doorstep of Banks Mill last month, looking for a letterpress studio. Bullet were scouting out the impressive Silk Mill out for an upcoming event when, by chance, they came across The Smallprint Company. After a whistle-stop tour of the…
Read MoreA letterpress tale
The Smallprint Co. has been printing officially for just over 3 years. Unofficially, we’ve been printing in various guises for well over 20 years. We love documenting our adventures, projects including Stories of Change, events and we needed a better platform for sharing our photographs on. Let’s see how this goes… Comments welcome and enjoy!
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