The 'Glitter Edition' Vintage Cinema Signs
The Garage Press
£20.00
Delivery included
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- Order placed
- 10th May
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local_shipping
- Dispatched
- 21st May
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- Standard delivery
- 23rd - 24th May
Credentials
Description
An A5 frameable Open Edition print on Kraft card evoking the old days of showbusiness.
Need to know
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!
Delivery
The delivery options for this item are listed below (if it doesn't state 'Express delivery' then that option is not available for this product). As soon as you place your order, this small business will spring into action, get it ready and send it out... (and you can feel wonderful for supporting them).
Delivery options available
Standard delivery: included
Receive it by 23rd - 24th May
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The Garage Press
south London
My name is Simon Trewin, Founder and Chief Inkoholic. My prints, books and cards always start out with me scratching my head and thinking, “I wonder what would happen if I...." and then I am away!
Experimentation is at the heart of my practice - I love playing around with inks, vintage papers, wooden illustration blocks and historic metal type to a clanking soundtrack of my wonderful family of hand+foot operated presses. I also love classic typefaces, bold colours and an ever-present sense of how good prints can make a real instant impact. As you will see - I can rarely resist sprinkling a sense of humour in to the mix too!
Running through everything I do is my passion to help keep heritage crafts alive and to enjoy that sense of a historical connection to the printers, presses and ephemera that have come before me. I also truly believe in the benefits of slowing down, switching off and zoning into the deep focus that this process of discovery inspires in me.
In a world where everything is too fast, I enjoy nothing more than closing my studio door and diving into the rich and ever-rewarding world of letterpress printmaking.
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