Make an Impression
Enjoy the unique mark-making qualities of modern letterpress
Kiss & Bite Letterpress offers you the slow, haptic experience of handling type and mixing ink to make posters, artworks and anything you propose, building a different relationship to use of language and publishing that offers a new connection to words and their power. The printed outcome is also unique and you can make an impression with extra force (the Bite), lightly touch the type against the paper (the Kiss), or mix the two, creating a fantastic range of colour and textures.
Above: the Kiss & Bite print room, and below, a recent Text & Texture workshop with Tim Saunders
What is letterpress?
The centuries-old craft of using moveable type and printing is a calming antidote to life's all-consuming and ever-quickening pace. Kiss & Bite founder Alan Qualtrough is researching and experimenting with integrating digital processes into the practice, keeping letterpress flexible and relevant to explore new outcomes beyond the traditional.
Workshops
“The workshop really inspired me with ideas about bringing my fine art practice (more conceptual and philosophical/political) closer together with print making. I never thought this would be possible!”
We offer a whole range of workshops to choose ranging from making posters and cards to digitising your work. Our latest workshop is Letterpress Text & Texture – spend a morning in the letterpress print room, then in the afternoon learn how to digitise it.