Princetown Press

LETTERPRESS PRINTERS
Princetown

There is an atmosphere of intense concentration in Princetown Press’s studio. Jon Palmer – JP – is typesetting the text for a new art piece and, silently, studiously, selects tiny metal letters from compartments of a wooden tray, then slots them one by one onto a composing stick. As the text grows, with letters back to front and words in reverse, the task demands his full focus. When each line is finished, he carefully transfers it to a special metal frame which, once complete, he loads onto a press to be inked and printed. Two hours after JP began this design, his 50-word creation is deposited with a gentle clunk from the couple’s vintage printing press.

“It’s not quite as easy as pressing ‘print’ on a computer,” jokes JP, who, with his partner Emma Hogbin, run courses in Dartmoor-inspired art pieces using foraged inks, along with bespoke, eco-friendly stationery, posters and limited-edition publications at their studio in the village of Princetown, in Dartmoor National Park, Devon.

CONTACT EMMA AND JP
Website: https://www.princetownpress.co.uk
Email: studio@princetownpress.co.uk

Dartmoor, Wild Ink, and Letterpress: A Taster Session

Half-day Dartmoor experience | £125

Combine a guided moorland walk with hands-on letterpress printing. Small groups (max 3) explore Dartmoor's ecology, learn about our wild ink practice, and create letterpress souvenirs using traditional techniques. Includes lunch and take-home resources.

Private Letterpress Workshop

Full-day intensive experience | £400

Complete immersion in heritage letterpress techniques. One-on-one guidance in our Devon studio with full access to wood and metal type. Create hand-set, hand-printed pieces using light impression techniques that preserve vintage type. Includes pre-workshop consultation and all materials.