While visiting good friends in Nuremberg, I was lucky enough to visit the house of Albrecht Durer in the atmospheric old town. There is no original Durer work there, but it is a fascinating and beautifully preserved burgher house from the fifteenth century and the museum tells the story of Durer well.
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| Albrecht Durer's house (on the right) |
Inside, the highlight for me was the 'historical printing demonstration'.
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| Inking up |
Nobody is quite certain of the design of the Gutenberg press, but back in 1971 a working reconstruction was created based on a drawing by Durer. Today it's used for printing demonstrations and I was lucky enough to 'help' by putting my back into pulling a print of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg, who visited Nuremberg in 1512, thanks to this lovely printmaker.
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| Inserting the arm |
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| The reconstructed press ready to go |
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| The printed image revealed |
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| Inside the workshop |
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| Carolyn with the printed poster of Maximilian |
It was great fun and added to my knowledge and my day!
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