An A5 frameable Open Edition print on Kraft card evoking the old days of showbusiness.

The dimensions are A5 (148 x210 mm) and it will come to you beautifully wrapped up in a glassine bag on a backing sheet of grey card.

I love using the heritage craft skills of letterpress printing to bring back to life images from the past. I have lots of vintage books and magazines and was thrilled to find these beautiful designs in an old catalogue that was sent out to printers over the UK in the 1940’s. I did some research and, apparently, if a local cinema or theatre was looking for a new design (or something to use in print adverts or posters) they would browse through a big selection at their friendly local printers and decide on one. So far so good but then the reality of my looking at these catalogues some 80 years later made me a little mournful really - all these grand 'picture palaces' were long gone, along with these wonderful signs and their names.

So I decided to use the magic of letterpress to bring some of them back from the dead in all their glittering glory...

I started with the CINEMA ROYAL, THE GRAND CINEMA and the ASTORIA ELECTRIC KINEMA because they really appealed to my sense of vintage style and I enlisted the help of Lisa at Lyme Bay Press who made me some photopolymer plates from hi-res scans of the original catalogue. Back they came in the post and I was very excited to get them on my big press - Gloria.

They are printed on a single sheet of textured Kraft paper, then treated with a layer of extra special thermo glitter gloss, also from our favourite suppliers Lyme Bay Press, for that extra showbiz feel.

Looks perfect on the wall or in a frame on a dressing room table or on top of a piano. Anywhere in fact that could do with a bit of extra glamour!

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Standard delivery: included
Receive it by 30th - 31st July

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