Brussels Print Shop

Many thanks to Flickr user Robert Clerebaut for allowing these photographs of his father’s print shop in Brussels, Belgium, to be used on Metal Type

Robert said: “My father started as a typesetter in 1928. He opened his print shop in Brussels in 1937. I studied at the School Amsterdamse Grafische (1956-1960) and worked in the family print shop in Brussels. In addition, I gave over 13 years at the National School of Visual Arts of La Cambre (1993-2005). Since 1980 member of the Rencontres Internationales de Lure, and I met Francois Boltana.

Intertype machine and operator
Intertype machine and operator.
A Victoria-Front press
A Victoria-Front press.
The Victoria-Front press being dismantled, 1965
The Victoria-Front press being dismantled, 1965.
Robert's father at a press – in slippers!
Robert’s father at a press – in slippers!
Robert's father, 25 years later, at a Miehle vertical – still turning a blind eye to foot safety!
Robert’s father, 25 years later, at a Miehle vertical – still turning a blind eye to foot safety!

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