Sunday, August 16, 2009

Short Letterpress Documentary (Wonderful)

The letterpress is amazing in that from the distant past it has not changed that much and is still similar to what we use today. Once watching this documentary I now feel that by using the letterpress what you compose from it is more permanent in the sense that it is being actualized and once finished it can not be changed. There is no backspace, no eraseing, and no whiteout if you are to make a mistake. Now I understand why wedding invitations are so expensive, a lot of time, energy, and detail is put into every invitation. The letterpress is like the olden day robots, where they seem alive to us as we watch them work their nuts and bolts are their joints and their bones are made of steel.

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