Brittany Ryan rookie

How long have you been printing?

2014

Describe your first encounter with letterpress

I was being toured through someone's home, and on the floor was a case with lead type and cliches for display and I was hypnotized by the texture, the shapes, and immediately needed to hold, understand and learn how they worked.

Where did you learn?

Amsterdam - under Thomas Gravemaker

Who was your most influential teacher?

Thomas Gravemaker

What super power would you like to have?

Teleportation

Do you prefer to work alone or with others?

Depends :-) mostly alone.

What do you most value in your friends?

Sincerity

When do your best ideas occur to you?

When I'm emotional.

If you were to die and come back as a typeface, which would it be?

Akzidenz grotesk

What tool do you use more often than any other?

Pencil

What books are currently on your nightstand?

The things we don't do - Andrés Neuman
The subtle art of not giving a f*** - Mark Manson
Bauhaus - The Complete Work - Jeannine Fiedler

If you could study with any printer throughout history, who would it be?

I'm not sure...

If you have your own shop, what equipment do you own?

Unfortunately - not there yet.

If you could change one thing about your shop, what would it be?

Make it my own :-)

When and where are you the happiest?

In the mountains by a river or creek, in summertime in the evening.

What is your greatest fear/worry?

Over exposure, under delivery

What do you think is useful about what you make?

It seems to trigger emotions in others (if you consider emotions useful...)

What’s your day job?

I am the head of product for a tech startup in Amsterdam

Do you use any other techniques or media besides letterpress?

No but I like to use and explore unconventional techniques on a press bed.
(haha...I just realised that sounds a bit risqué!)