Take A Tour Of A Unique Antique Print Shop In Peterborough

Graphic designer/visual artist Jeff Macklin is an old school letterpress artisan based in Peterborough who is featured in a great new video (see below) by Kawarthas Northumberland.

In his antique print shop Jackson Creek Press—where he often conducts workshops and tours on his passion—Macklin does traditional relief printing from antique wood and lead type or blocks that he carves.

HIs proofing press was made in Switzerland in 1947.

Macklin has seven cabinets of lead and wood type that he uses to compose messaging for his letterpress.

In the age of digital technology, Macklin recognizes that printing is a dying craft in many respects but loves to "share the magic of pulling prints off a press" with people in his workshop. 

Watch the great video below he is featured in by Kawarthas Northumberland...

Everyone that visits Jeff Macklin - Jackson Creek Press leaves with ink on their hands! Jeff is an old school letterpress artisan located in Peterborough, Ontario who is passionate about his craft and wants to share it with the world. You can visit him in studio to learn about the printing process and commission is work.

Jeff also has a Printmakers studio at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Learn more about that here.

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The Story Behind Jeff Macklin's New Book "Neighbourhoods - An Anthology of Words and Visual Art"

Peterborough artisan Jeff Macklin has created a wonderful new analog chapbook Neighbourhoods - An Anthology of Words and Visual Art. This limited edition was produced in downtown Peterborough, with full colour plates throughout and letterpress printed two colour covers, and insert with a hand-sewn binding. An Artsweek Peterborough 2013 project, it features a range of fiction, short anecdotes, photography, paintings and prose about and for the people who live in the neighbourhoods of Peterborough. "Local artists and writers have very little formal voice outside of the internet where they have have their works published," Macklin tells us, adding, "This chapbook represents a love for the printed page, which is undervalued overall, but still has a place in our culture—especially our local culture." Below are some of the pages from the book, which you can purchase here.

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