Our time travel draws to an end, we have arrived at our destination: the here & now, the year 2024. Many a situation cannot be pinned to one particular year anymore. In the early days master lithographer and colleague Hans Ulrich passed on a type case to me containing Garamond. It had been saved from a place that had been …

For March the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair is scheduled. A table at the fair is booked, equally so are flight and accomodation. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, British Airlines canceles the flight early on, and as a result I have to pull out of the fair entirely. I am lucky in that this happens early enough so …

In spring we head for the Cotswolds again. At the Oxford Fine Press Bookfair I present the new artist‘s book: Issue No. 4 in the series „Manarah“. I am delighted that this work quickly wins the award of the Oxford Guild of Printers. As like all issues in the Manarah-series, there is only one theme. Issue 4 has a wind …

The barn next to the printmaking studio in Oppenwehe will turn itself into this bespoke gallery space again and art work from the past 25 years of printmaking will be on show: woodcuts, linoprints, broadsheets and artist‘s books. The historic printing press will be ready for printing and all visitors can have a go at inking and printing, getting a …

Every other year in January Norddeutsche Handpressenmesse, a well established book arts fair, is held over one weekend. It is organized by Heinz-Stefan and Wiebke Bartkowiak, who also publish Bartkowiaks ForumBookArt, a review and yearbook of contemporary book arts. This is my first year as an exhibitor at the fair which is held at the Museum der Arbeit with its …

This year burnishing is again on the menu, so to speak. An elderly lady, a former art and biology teacher gets in touch. While studying in the early post-war years, she made a number of wood etchings, and, due to the lack of paper, she could only print the copies for handing in to her supervisor, never having printed any …

Paper is an ever so versatile material. Basically it is made from plant fibre. In Europe we can use linen, hemp, stinging nettles and cellulose from wood chips. Even asparagus peel and straw can be made into paper. Elsewhere on this planet other plants will be chosen. The underlying principle is the same: while taken from the mould the fibres …

As part of Culture Weeks 2023 on LandArt-Rout 5 the gallery will be open on 1 and 2 July in the bespsoke old barn at the studio. Also: visitors will be given the opportunity to pull their own print on the old 1952-printing press. A number of new work is being presented: The labels for homemade delicacies: I still have …

Welcome to Printmaker‘s Day at The Fork and Broom Press! This year Printmaker‘s Day at The Fork and Broom Press will come in two parts: Part 1 introduces new work and new themes online on this webspace – here&now. Part 2 comes as an exhibition in our bespoke gallery-in-barn just next to the studio in Oppenwehe on 1 + 2 …

BroadsheetText: poem „Kriegslied“Author: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)Illustration: lino etching painted over with earthen pigmentsArtist: Annette C. DisslinMetal type: Semper-AntiquaPaper: deckled edge paperSize: 26x64cmYear: 2008Edition: 22 one-offs “It is war! It is war!And I wish forit please be not my fault.” More art work of similar context: Graf Mirabeau – On religious tolerance (2003) – artist‘s book – sold outDid you like …