Today for breakfast Tori had peach juice instead of her usual apple juice, wild I know. Elena had tea with her breakfast to spice things up a little. We finished up and headed out for the day around 9:30.
We walked ourselves to the tube and hopped on the District Line to head towards St. Brides.
On the walk to St. Brides we passed this restaurant and though we do not think the symbol is used well in the name, we felt it was a well designed symbol that could be utilized in a different way.
On the walk to St. Brides we passed this restaurant and though we do not think the symbol is used well in the name, we felt it was a well designed symbol that could be utilized in a different way.
We arrived to St. Brides about 20 mins early so we had time to go into St. Brides church that has ruins from the original church that burned down during the 18th century. Downstairs there was a medieval chapel and you were able to see the ruins and the history of the church.
After we arrived at St. Brides the group was split into two groups and one group was showed artifacts they had in their collection. One cultural difference we found was, Mick and Bob called Jessica and Anne "tutors" instead of "professors". We were in the first group and Bob talked to us about the history of printing and showed us some books and prints he had. This particular print is a newspaper from Queen Victoria's coronation and its dated Thursday June 28th 1838. The paper was printed with gold and was reprinted for many days after the event. The first ever newspaper was printed by a women even though printing was seen as a mans profession.
Bob showed us original drawings we use as typefaces today. He showed us Gill Sans and Times New Roman. Bob mentioned "I don't like Times New Roman, it's a mean little face". He also mentions Cheltenham was one of the most pirated typefaces. Though they couldn't use the same name they could use the same design of the typeface. They have the biggest original collection of Eric Gills work, which is over a couple hundred sketches and works. We loved seeing this design work!
Next we went downstairs with Mick and he showed us the different presses and explained how all the letters were made. He showed us all the different types of presses and methods of printing. He passed around a lot of the tools and pieces that goes into printing and explained the process of printing. After he talked us through everything we were excited and got to make our own prints!
After we had all printed, Jessica was holding a printed letter and we had complimented it. She then confessed that she took it out of the trash because she thought it was pretty. Mick's assistant overheard and set her up to print her own so she wouldn't have to take home trash.
In addition to the print she also got to print her very own piglet!
Printing is a lot of hard work! We took the tube to the Victoria Albert Museum and decided to step away for lunch. We found a cute little cafe and had a mix of breakfast, lattes, and sandwiches.
At the Victoria Albert Museum we found a rug that was larger than life! You can see the scale difference from Jess and Tori compared to the rug! We spent about two hours in this museum, ended up lost and still didn't see everything! Here is some photos of things we saw and us mimicking the artwork.
Exhausted from the museum we made our way back to the hostel and had ourselves and nice nap. We woke up hungry again and decided to search for food. We went to a pub around the corner and got ourselves some fish and chips and pasta bolognese. It was an odd atmosphere because the music playing did not match the music video playing on the telly. We already had fish and chips this week and in comparison the fish was lacking but the tarter sauce improved. The pasta was okay, nothing like good Italian food at home. Jess had asked for water and she was brought a bottle of still water. However then the waitress brought a pitcher of lemon water for the table. We were incredibly confused by this. Is this what happens when you ask for water? Jess told the waitress she meant just the pitcher of water and then we did not have to pay for it. We will have to be careful next time, much different than home. We headed home showered and had our nightly meeting, and tomorrow we are off to see the studio Special Projects!
Cheers!
After we arrived at St. Brides the group was split into two groups and one group was showed artifacts they had in their collection. One cultural difference we found was, Mick and Bob called Jessica and Anne "tutors" instead of "professors". We were in the first group and Bob talked to us about the history of printing and showed us some books and prints he had. This particular print is a newspaper from Queen Victoria's coronation and its dated Thursday June 28th 1838. The paper was printed with gold and was reprinted for many days after the event. The first ever newspaper was printed by a women even though printing was seen as a mans profession.
Bob showed us original drawings we use as typefaces today. He showed us Gill Sans and Times New Roman. Bob mentioned "I don't like Times New Roman, it's a mean little face". He also mentions Cheltenham was one of the most pirated typefaces. Though they couldn't use the same name they could use the same design of the typeface. They have the biggest original collection of Eric Gills work, which is over a couple hundred sketches and works. We loved seeing this design work!
Next we went downstairs with Mick and he showed us the different presses and explained how all the letters were made. He showed us all the different types of presses and methods of printing. He passed around a lot of the tools and pieces that goes into printing and explained the process of printing. After he talked us through everything we were excited and got to make our own prints!
After we had all printed, Jessica was holding a printed letter and we had complimented it. She then confessed that she took it out of the trash because she thought it was pretty. Mick's assistant overheard and set her up to print her own so she wouldn't have to take home trash.
In addition to the print she also got to print her very own piglet!
Printing is a lot of hard work! We took the tube to the Victoria Albert Museum and decided to step away for lunch. We found a cute little cafe and had a mix of breakfast, lattes, and sandwiches.
At the Victoria Albert Museum we found a rug that was larger than life! You can see the scale difference from Jess and Tori compared to the rug! We spent about two hours in this museum, ended up lost and still didn't see everything! Here is some photos of things we saw and us mimicking the artwork.
Exhausted from the museum we made our way back to the hostel and had ourselves and nice nap. We woke up hungry again and decided to search for food. We went to a pub around the corner and got ourselves some fish and chips and pasta bolognese. It was an odd atmosphere because the music playing did not match the music video playing on the telly. We already had fish and chips this week and in comparison the fish was lacking but the tarter sauce improved. The pasta was okay, nothing like good Italian food at home. Jess had asked for water and she was brought a bottle of still water. However then the waitress brought a pitcher of lemon water for the table. We were incredibly confused by this. Is this what happens when you ask for water? Jess told the waitress she meant just the pitcher of water and then we did not have to pay for it. We will have to be careful next time, much different than home. We headed home showered and had our nightly meeting, and tomorrow we are off to see the studio Special Projects!
Cheers!
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