Welcome to Ruby Victoria Letterpress & printmaking

Here you will find photos of all my original hand carved linocut prints and letterpress printing.
A commercial printer by trade a printmaker by choice.
I specialize in original handcarved lino block prints with a bit of letterpress thrown in for good measure.
All printed on antique printing machines with that unmistakable bite into the paper that you can only get with letterpress printing

The work that I do is not created on a computer everything is hand drawn then hand carved out of lino then printed one impression at a time on my tabletop letterpress machine

I do not use polymer which limits me somewhat in regards to type but I love to use traditional methods in my printing that involve handset type and hand carved designs and I think this is what make my work totally Original and Unique to what other people are doing right now and it also meaning everything I make is an original work of art
I love what I do and love to share it with others that are interested

Narelle

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

New letterpress treasures





I went to visit a friend of mine yesterday to pick up some printing plates that her sister had sitting on their verandah for ages.
When I got there they had boxes of them ....... I was in heaven.
I will post more photos when I get a chance to go through the boxes to see what is hiding in there .
The plates come from a quarterly booklet that was printer for a hiking / bush walking group based in Hobart and apparently they were just sitting around in the boxes getting in the way and they were destined for the tip so Elizabeth's sister rescued them and took them home and they had sat on their verandah ever since until they we found a use........ through Elizabeth and her sisters generosity and them being aware that these beauties would be safe in my hands they have now come to live with me.
I have to say they have been kept if perfect condition, all look to have only been used for the one run to print the books and then they were just boxed up and left .
I printed a couple of them tonight as I just couldn't resist it any longer. The maps are just fantastic.
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5 comments:

  1. SophieNovember 26, 2009 at 5:51 AM

    Wow! This looks amazing!

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  2. Narelle BadalassiNovember 26, 2009 at 6:35 AM

    your not wrong and I have boxes of this kind of stuff to go through and catalogue, when I get a spare chance I cant wait to print them all

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  3. ChristieNovember 26, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    Oooh it's an early Christmas present for you!

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  4. planettreasuresNovember 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    You are lucky! what a great find.

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  5. Narelle BadalassiNovember 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    i just have a wonderful friend !

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