The year has begun with some exciting changes in the studio. Anyone who has visited us will remember that New North Press shares a space with founder Graham’s paper restoration business. After 55 years as a conservator he has decided to retire and focus solely on letterpress. With arrangements made to pass the other business on, we’ve been able to expand the footprint of New North Press.

January was spent doing the heavy jigsaw puzzle of moving type cabinets, building shelves and then the never ending task of sorting through a phenomenal amount of paper. The new layout provides extra working surfaces and, with many of the ‘towers of type’ gone, the whole space is much brighter and easy to move around.

We will be starting our monthly classes again in March and are looking forward to offering some other options for using the space and hosting more team away days and visitors.