Old Millfieldian Simon Beck: Snow Artist – A Cool New Art Form
For over a decade he has been walking in snowshoes to draw incredible geometric images on the pure white snow of the Alps. And the rest is as they say mathematics......
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Ever Wondered How George Clymer’s Columbian Letterpress Worked?
A Guest Blog by Mike Haigh, Printroom Custodian at the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, Yorkshire, tells us how. The Columbian Letterpress Double Demi Revealed This hand printing press was invented by George Clymer, an engineer from Philadelphia, USA, in 1813. The design was the first all metal lever...
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David Shrigley and Colin Britt: Little Drawings for The Big Issue
"I sold 220 mags," said Colin, "it's a shame they couldn't have kept it running for a couple of weeks as the picture on the front is really funny and a lot of the customers were very chatty about it saying if they did or didn't like his work."...
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