A little while ago I posted about a weekend trip to Paris that Dave and I took, during which we visited an antique market called Marché Vernaison. I also mentioned that we’d picked up some pretty cool loot, which I’ve only just gotten around to photographing!
Below is the outcome of about 1.5 hours (not kidding) standing in the hot sun, rummaging through boxes and boxes of old wooden letterpress type. Being the kind of people that we are – we couldn’t leave until we’d uncovered every ‘w’ ever made, in search of one that would fit in that spot perfectly. In fact we were so dedicated that we even checked through every ‘m’ as well, in the hopes that one could pose as a ‘w’. We didn’t have much luck, so modified the best ‘w’ we found.
By the end of our search we were completely and utterly covered in decades-old French filth.. it was so worth it!
Tags: letterpress, Paris, wood
I love that, it looks amazing and well worth your efforts. Will we see a printed version?
Hi Victoria! Thanks for dropping by :)
You know, I never really thought to print them.. I just liked the look of the blocks! Great idea though, I’ll have to give it a go and post the results :)
Amazing!
I remember you having a soft spot for such letters… they are beautiful. Well done!
P.S. I’d love to see the printed version too!
Print, print!…
They are beautiful Claire and the arrangement looks fantastic! I got so excited to see that you had bought actual letterpress letters, and really don’t know how you resisted not buying every single character there (or is there a secret giant stash?!)!
Oh I wish there was a secret stash! If there was, I’m pretty sure I’d be broke though :( someone smart figured out the people like me will do just about anything to get their hands on these little bits of timber and set their prices accordingly! Naturally this set would have been a lot cheaper if I’d been smart enough to think of a shorter company name!