KYMOTHOE (Cymothoe) The Nereis of the "running waves."        

Printed in multiple over printings in various colours on Zerkall 125gsm paper.

Artist

Alan Kitching

Alan Kitching RDI AGI Hon FRCA, is one of the world's foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. With Anthony Froshaug he set up the experimental printing workshop at Watford College of Technology, School of Art (1964) and later continued to collaborate with him on student projects at the Central School of Art & Design. In 1973 Alan began his own design practice and in 1977 he partnered with Derek Birdsall at Omnific and started letterpress printing there in 1985. Alan established The Typography Workshop in Clerkenwell (1989), and from 1991 to 2006 he taught letterpress at the Royal College of Art. He lectures across the globe, and is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in commissions and limited-edition prints.