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'Upper case, lower case' - Catherine Adam in 'Four'

24/7/2017

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'AEIOU', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Photo: Catherine Adam, letterpress museum, Photospace Gallery fine art photography, Wellington New Zealand
'AEIOU', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Photo: Catherine Adam

Gallery talk by Catherine Adam and members of the Printing Museum - Friday 1st September, 5.15pm

UPPER CASE lower case
A photographic exploration into an industry-turned-craft — Letterpress
by Catherine Adam.

Letterpress: A mechanical impression-based printing technique from a bygone era that utilizes raised metal and wooden type to imprint words on a page.

Johannes Gutenberg perfected the practice of letterpress in the fifteenth century and from here it became the primary form of printing and communication for more than 500 years. But then some thirty years ago this method of printing came to an abrupt end with the invention of digital printing technologies.

Today, letterpress has evolved into an art form, rather than a standard printing practice. It can’t compete with digital printing in terms of speed of production, but for many enthusiasts the world over, myself included, pushing pixels around the screen just doesn’t have the same satisfaction as working directly with ink, wood, metal and paper.

This project combines two of my passions, typography and photography. It is a visual documentation of New Zealand’s Printing Museum in action. Thank you to the team of volunteers at the museum for welcoming me, my camera and my many questions into the museum.
www.theprintingmuseum.org.nz

Catherine Adam is a freelance graphic designer and photographer based in Paekakariki on the Kapiti Coast.
www.catherineadam.co.nz

Catherine Adam's exhibition 'Upper case, lower case' is part of the group exhibition 'Four' at Photospace Gallery, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington, running from 25th August to 16th September, 2017.

'Slugs', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Photo: Catherine Adam, letterpress museum, Photospace Gallery fine art photography, Wellington New Zealand
'Slugs', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Photo: Catherine Adam
'John at work', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Photo: Catherine Adam, letterpress museum, Photospace Gallery fine art photography, Wellington New Zealand
'John at work', from 'Upper case, lower case'. Catherine Adam,
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