Diva Moth The paper I have worked with is a grey Two Rivers paper from 2002. Whilst working with the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on a project ‘upcycling’ I was using the Opera scores which had pages missing or were otherwise damaged. One score was Il Trovatore by Verdi. The copy was a … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2002 by Tracey Bush
Paper Trail: 1954 by Joanne B Kaar
Experimental Power Stations In 1954, the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric, Board, in collaboration with the Scottish Peat Committee, placed an order with John Brown & Company, Clydebank, for a peat-powered gas turbine engine to generate electricity from peat in Caithness. The experimental peat-burning power station was built at Braehour, Altnabreac. Pictorial events of 1954 … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1954 by Joanne B Kaar
An archive is only as good as its interpretation
An archive is only as good as its interpretation. And the tangled archives that make up StArt The Press are harder to interpret than most. StArt The Press is based on two main archives, with a collection of subsidiary items. The Martell Press archive is from a jobbing commercial printer, that by its peak in … Continue reading An archive is only as good as its interpretation
Thanet Printworkers Meet up
An annual meetup for former staff at the Thanet Press, Martell Press and other printworks on the Isle of Thanet. Hosted by Appletye as of our StArt The Press project, who hold archives for The Thanet Press and Martell Press. Help us explore the Isle of Thanet's print heritage. Friday 16th November 2018 7.00 - … Continue reading Thanet Printworkers Meet up
Paper Trail: 1962 by Clive Holland
The Innocent Summer I was only seven when 1962 came around and my response to a piece of J Whatman, Mould Made paper is in the form of an audio track of me reading the story behind a piece of paper from my childhood. Read Clive's story here The Innocent Summer.
