Leeds Print Festival Talks
Today was another awesome day, I spent the morning packing invites into envelopes and then assigning them to the customers as they arrived. Me and Jenny were working on the door stamping everyone in at first. Once all the guests had arrived we made sure everyone was sat down and ready to go.
Mr Bingo
The first talk we had was from Mr Bingo an awesome illustrator from London who put on a show! His presentation was full of humour and he pretty much had everyone in stitches for the entire talk which was great. He was really inspirational and showed what you can achieve when you are passionate about your subject. He has a great business model and has managed to get paid by sending people hate mail which is absolutely genius! I thoroughly enjoyed this talk and got to chat with him for a while after his talk.
Pat Randle
The second speaker was Pat Randle from Nomad Letterpress. Pat is a really nice guy who really knows his craft, he specialises in tradition letterpress printing and grew up working with his dad at Whittington Press, he was fortunate enough to be Alan Kitchings apprentice as well for a period of time which is amazing. Pats talk was really inspirational and it showed how beautiful the craft is. He has been getting involved with more events in recent years which is helping to boost his practice. Pats work looks amazing and I have managed to persuade him to send me one of the pieces from his presentation. I have exchanged details with pat and hope to visit his workshop one day.
Improvised Q & A
Print for Good & The Print Project
Due to Si Scott's last minute drop out from the print talks we had to figure out a way of replacing Si, we deiced the best option would be to get Nick and Peggy to do a Q&A session. Amber asked them various questions about their practices and also members of the audience participated. This went down really well and they filled the time slot with no problem what so ever.
Patrick Burgoyne
The last talk of the day was left to the Editor of Creative Review. This talk brought the day together nicely and touched on everything throughout the festival. It was a really great finish to the day as Patrick mixed it up a bit with his inspiring presentation. He showed printers and crafters all around the world and even included how digital and print can cross over. I was lucky enough to sit next to him all day and was chatting away with him for a while. I hope the next time we meet he is interviewing me for his magazine.
Today was a huge success and everyone was well happy with the talks. I found the whole day really enlightening and it was also nice to sit down and just enjoy the festival for one day. I am really looking forward to next year and would love to be part of it again.
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