London Art Book Fair 12 to 15 September 2013

STOP PRESS! Altazimuth Press and Tom Paine Printing Press are showing work at the London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Gallery from 12th to 15th September 2013. Thurs 6-9; Fri-Sun 11-6. Admission free.

We will also be showing at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair at Oxford Brooks University during the first weekend in November.

Nelson & Royal Tars Poster at Tom Paine Press

A Staffordshire Nelson jug standing next to the letterpress-printed Royal Tars poster, first printed in Lewes by W. & A. Lee c.1800. William Lee, the founder of this printing business in Lewes, was the publisher of the Sussex Weekly Advertiser, and also the printer of Tom Paine's first pamphlet, The Case of The Officers of Excise.

Voltaire & Melvyn Bragg visit Tom Paine Press

Recent visitors to the Tom Paine Printing Press include Melvyn Bragg (not shown), who is doing a documentary about Thomas Paine, and Voltaire (pictured above).

Peter Chasseaud at CODEX 2013

Peter Chasseaud showing the work of his Altazimuth Press (poetic photobooks: Kings Cross, Thames - The London River, and The East London Line - An Elegiac Meta-landscape), and of the Tom Paine Printing Press (letterpress book BLAST? and other letterpress work, including broadsides), at CODEX 2013 artists book fair in Berkeley (San Francisco), California, in February 2013. [Photo courtesy of Dmitry Sayenko - thank you Dmitry!].

Tom Paine Printing Press & Altazimuth Press at CODEX 2013

I will be showing work from The Tom Paine Printing Press and Altazimuth Press at CODEX Artists Book Fair:

CODEX International Book Fair 2013

Sun. Feb. 10 to Wed. Feb. 13

The CODEX 2013 INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR will be held at a new venue, the beautiful waterfront Craneway Pavilion, located in Richmond at 1414 Harbour Way South.

Over 175 of the world’s most distinguished book artists and artisans, private presses, and fine art publishers will be exhibiting their art and craft.

There is no better place to find and collect the finest in contemporary artist books, typographic prints, and fine printing than at CODEX.


CODEX IV Book Fair Hours
Sunday, February 10th: 11:00AM - 4:30PM
Monday, February 11th: 12:30PM - 6PM
Tuesday, February 12th: 12:30PM - 6PM
Wednesday, February 13th: 11:00AM - 4PM


Admission
Multi-day: $25.
Single-day: $10.
Student(with ID): $10 (multi-day)


Public Transportation
The best way to plan your trip via public transport is by using Google maps. Use the public transportation option and Google will automatically include BART and AC Transit schedules based on your departure/arrival choices. Click here to plan with Google maps.


Driving Directions
The Craneway Pavilion is located in Richmond
on the waterfront at 1414 Harbour Way South.

Click here to plan with Google maps.

New Prints, August 2012

Two new limited edition prints from the Tom Paine Printing Press in August 2012. The top one is for the London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Gallery in September, and the bottom one is just for fun, but I'll be showing it at the Whittington Press open day on 1st September, at the Whitechapel, and also at the Dorchester Abbey print show in October.

LEWES - CENTRE OF THE COSMOS

This just about sums it up! 

A new letterpress print by PeterChasseaud

See work by Peter Chasseaud and The Tom Paine Printing Press at:

Whittington Press Open Day - first Saturday in September

Whitechapel Art Book Fair in September

Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire in October

CODEX artists book fair in Berkeley, California, in February 2013