{"id":548,"date":"2017-06-12T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T09:02:43","slug":"brussels-print-shop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/brussels-print-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Print Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Flickr user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/r-cicero\/\">Robert Clerebaut<\/a> for allowing these photographs of his father&#8217;s print shop in Brussels, Belgium, to be used on Metal Type<\/p>\n<p>Robert said: &#8220;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.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/505.jpg\" alt=\"Intertype machine and operator\" width=\"500\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intertype machine and operator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/507.jpg\" alt=\"A Victoria-Front press\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Victoria-Front press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/508.jpg\" alt=\"The Victoria-Front press being dismantled, 1965\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Victoria-Front press being dismantled, 1965.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/506.jpg\" alt=\"Robert's father at a press \u2013 in slippers!\" width=\"500\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert&#8217;s father at a press \u2013 in slippers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/509.jpg\" alt=\"Robert's father, 25 years later, at a Miehle vertical \u2013 still turning a blind eye to foot safety!\" width=\"500\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert&#8217;s father, 25 years later, at a Miehle vertical \u2013 still turning a blind eye to foot safety!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Flickr user Robert Clerebaut for allowing these photographs of his father&#8217;s print shop in Brussels, Belgium, to be used on Metal Type Robert said: &#8220;My father started as a typesetter in 1928. He opened his print shop in Brussels in 1937. 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