The exhibition features prints created under the expert guidance of Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop.

The prints form a quote taken from William Morris’s Art & Socialism, delivered first as a lecture and then published in a pamphlet in 1884:

“It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which shall he worth doing, and be of itself pleasant to do; and which should he done under such conditions as would make it neither over-wearisome nor over-anxious.”

Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop

Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop is run by Kelvyn Laurence Smith, who creates beautifully crafted contemporary printed matter using traditional wood and metal type. From limited edition artworks to a range of commercial commissions for British Airways, Marks & Spencer and Pret A Manger, Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop was set up following a career teaching graphic design at art institutions across the UK.

The gallery got the chance to host Mr Smith after winning the public voting stage of Connect10, a competition that teams up museums with contemporary artists to run an event during Museums at Night.

This exhibition takes place in the Story Lounge.