Called in at Leipzig’s Museum of the Printed Arts, which houses a huge collection of presses, as well as wooden and metal typefaces. The collection is vast, and what makes this museum really exciting is that the the ‘exhibits’ are used reagularly for workshops, and artisic experimentation. During my visit I stumbled on what looked like a group of art students learning to print, as well as smaller discussion group upstairs.
We started and finished work late. Locals called in, I love the informality. Germany hasn’t been affected by the health and safety cult, in the same way we have in the U.K, which makes participatory work so much easier. I can’t imagine handing a stranger a can of hot wax in England, without compiling piles of forms first. Waxy dreams.
