Kijk!: On Offset & Letterpress Printing in Education Public stock to be unravelled

to be unravelled

Riet Wijnen

Visualise knowledge through fabric metaphor

students set type with lead and wooden letters

Romina Koopman (tussenbladen)

Kijk!: On Offset & Letterpress Printing in Education Public stock to be unravelledKijk! is a celebration of printing culture at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, made to mark the retirement of Joos Wiersinga, who has been manager of the Letterpress & Offset workshop for twelve years. Letterpress and offset are old printing techniques, but more than ever relevant inside the walls of an art school today. Analog printing work allows one to experiment with the physicality of paper, ink, pressure, typographies, and water. It also builds a