The Printing Bike Project

A project in Bristol, UK by Nick Hand
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Design & build a cargo bike with printing press. Cycling across Europe to the birthplace of letterpress, printing postcards on the way.
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Backers: 273
Average Pledge Per Backer: £31

Funded: £8,376 of £8,000
Dates: Jun 25th -> Jul 25th (30 days)
Project By: Nick Hand
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Latest News

Two days to go

July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Well, this Kickstarter malarkey has been a lot of fun, and we are so nearly there. As an odd bit of timing has it, the clock stops on Thursday morning at 8am, and we leave for holiday (camping on the Isles of Scilly, as you’ve asked) at 8.30. So... (Read More)

I was wondering who some of the artists that you will meet on the journey might be?

July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
As the Kickstarter project reaches six days to go and still £2,777 to go (eek), I thought it a good time to reveal some of the lovely and talented artists and illustrators who have offered to join Robin and I at some point in our quest south to... (Read More)

What will happen to the Printing Bike?

July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Before Christmas last year, we ran a series of Saturday morning 'print your own Christmas card' sessions. They were very popular with children and parents. The mix of creativity, thinking about words and spelling and the aspect of a simple piece of... (Read More)

Why postcards?

July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Someone asked me the other day why I chose to print postcards on the journey across Europe on the Printing Bike. Postcards capture an adventure, a time and a place and they are sealed by the postmark. You can find little snippets of people's lives on... (Read More)

A nod to the knife sharpener on a bicycle

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Our friend Cally Calloman did a talk a couple of years ago in Bristol. At the end of the talk he showed a little tv documentary from the seventies about a man who travelled from Scotland to Cornwall and back again, it took exactly one year on his... (Read More)

A bit about the Letterpress Collective

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
The Printing Bike Project will benefit the Letterpress Collective in the long term. The collective is a Community Interest Company, a not-for-profit printshop in the centre of Bristol and set up to encourage people to learn how to compose wood and... (Read More)

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