Burrill visited the Museum to explore its working collection and collaborate with the Museum’s printers to create a new letterpress print, ‘HOPE’. He set the type with graphic artist Mary Plunkett, primarily using large wooden type from the Museum’s collection, and then worked with the Museum’s printers Freddie Snowe and John King to print on the historic Wharfedale Press.
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Hope
Overview
The National Print Museum invited graphic artist Anthony Burrill to collaborate for Irish Design Week in Autumn 2025. This partnership celebrates the power of print as a tool for creativity, communication, and social impact.
Burrill visited the Museum to explore its working collection and collaborate with the Museum’s printers to create a new letterpress print, ‘HOPE’. He set the type with graphic artist Mary Plunkett, primarily using large wooden type from the Museum’s collection, and then worked with the Museum’s printers Freddie Snowe and John King to print on the historic Wharfedale Press.
‘We need to be reminded of the positive power of hope as the world goes through difficult times, and this print aims to capture that enduring spirit.’ – Anthony Burrill
The work is printed letterpress on a 200gsm recycled paper in a limited edition of 100 and is available to purchase from the Museum here. Each print is signed, numbered and hand embellished with one of ten different quotes by the artist.
Film and photography by Mark Henderson
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