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WW1 Centenary Commemorative Print published

By - David
Posted on January, 30, 2014January, 30, 2014

It was never the plan, but having worked for more than four years now on the legacy of the First World War in our project, An Unknown Soldier, we were keen to create a considered commemoration of this Centenary year, 2014. Grand Eagle (capitals and columns) is a civic-sized quotation from An Unknown Soldier. The

Grand Eagle (capitals and columns)

By - David
Posted on January, 28, 2014December, 23, 2022

Grand Eagle (capitals and columns)Henningham Family Press2014Edition 15screenprint28 1/4 x 42in£540 (£690 framed) Acquired by Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) Republished in ‘The New Concrete’, ed. Chris McCabe & Victoria Bean, Hayward Publishing. Grand Eagle (capitals and columns) commemorates the centenary of the First World War by recapitulating quotations from our An Unknown Soldier

Union

By - David
Posted on September, 9, 2013December, 23, 2022

Union Henningham Family Press 2013 Edition 15 screenprint 760 x 350 £180 (£348 framed) This print is a simplification of the union flag. We reduced it to the simplest point before diagonals would be lost. A 3mm overlap between the colours (trapping) was taken from the enamel printed signs used on the London Underground.

Crown Poster (widows and orphans)

By - David
Posted on September, 9, 2013December, 23, 2022

Crown Poster (widows and orphans) Henningham Family Press 2013 Edition 15 screenprint, foil debossing, graphite 20 x 15in £200 (£368 framed) Acquired by Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) Crown Poster (widows and orphans), is from our An Unknown Soldier project, which ruminates on the meaning of a memorial to an unknown soldier in the

HFP at Free Verse 2013 Poetry Book Fair

By - David
Posted on September, 9, 2013

We had a wonderful time up on the stage at Conway Hall, thank you to all of the people who came to see us and our Unknown Soldier lying in state. It was a very busy day full of fascinating conversations. Here are some pictures, including the two brand new screenprints we showed there.

Chip Shop at Corita Exhibition, Dundee Contemporary Arts

By - David
Posted on September, 6, 2013

We received a warm welcome from the people of Dundee and the world-class Dundee Contemporary Arts gallery. The spiritual home of the Chip Shop (or ‘chipper’ as it is known locally), the people of Dundee were committed to local produce for their menu. Peely Wally, Glaikit, Bampot.. it seems there are more Scots words for

HFP Showcase Press at Free Verse 2013, Conway Hall 7th Sept

By - David
Posted on August, 16, 2013

We are honoured to have been invited to be a showcase press at Free Verse 2013, Charles Boyle and Chrissy Williams’ benchmark poetry book fair. If you can tear yourself away from the 50+ amazing presses on the main floor of the hall, you will find us occupying the stage area with our books, prints

Chip Shop at Dundee Contemporary Arts for Impact 8, 29th – 31st Aug 2013

By - David
Posted on July, 5, 2013July, 5, 2013

We’re very proud to announce that we’ll be taking our Chip Shop to Dundee Contemporary Arts this summer as part of the international Impact 8 conference. And proud for so many reasons! This is in conjunction with a DCA exhibition of art by Sister Corita (the screenprinting nun) called ‘There Should Be New Rules Next

How to Print a Year Before It’s Over, by Eddie Farrell

By - David
Posted on July, 1, 2013July, 26, 2013

What If just before Christmas you were standing in a depressingly long queue in the post office, irritated and frustrated by the waiting because you have so much else to be getting on with? Initially, to relieve the boredom a bit, you look around at the others stuck in the queue with you, the masses

Clotted Sun Poetry Portfolio with Chris McCabe

By - David
Posted on June, 25, 2013June, 26, 2013

Chris McCabe, who is a Poet, a friend of the family, and Head Librarian at the Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall), asked us to help him make a book that would represent his site-specific commission for West Norwood Cemetery; part of the Curious art trail. Chris had found twelve poets interred at the cemetery, and

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