Comments on: Alan Cox, Master Printer

By: mike birtchnell

mike birtchnell — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:43:33 +0000

good to see you are still at it-from a cold Melbourne with very best wishes………………..

By: Chris Holladay

Chris Holladay — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:09:10 +0000

Alan, just checking you are still there and working! People don’t always realise that it all has to stop at some point. I am moving machinery only in my sleep nowadays in Wales but working on a building project by day. Good no longer worrying about finding somewhere to park the van when working in London. Expect you will continue to get up early and be busy. Chris X.

By: vernita

vernita — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 21:56:42 +0000

I would love to get in touch with Alan if possibloe sinc eI am coming to London in September & havent seem him since he first moved to Charlotte Rd. Hope he remembers me! I did a litho with him befor ehe moved & wished I had done more! Please ask him to get in touch if he cares to!
Best
Vernita Nemec

By: Nicola

Nicola — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:08:31 +0000

Another lovely profile of a craftsman. It’s a shame Alan is shutting up shop. It would be lovely if someone else could take over the business. Spitalfields is changing, I suppose, so that won’t be possible.

By: Lee Cooper

Lee Cooper — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:54:53 +0000

Fantastic as usual, hidden gems to make us think of all the old trades slowly drifting away from the East End at least Adam Dants great maps will live on….

By: Achim

Achim — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:36:59 +0000

Two professionals at work — another grand story from London’s East End!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: P OLIVER

P OLIVER — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:12:51 +0000

I am forwarding this to my ex husband, who at 84yrs still drives into London every day from St Albans, to work … He has been in the print all his working life and loves anything to do with the “old way” and the machines etc, so he will be fascinated with this article , Thankyou.

By: Constance Marie Pierce

Constance Marie Pierce — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:55:26 +0000

Love these photographs and the whole feel of that great print shop. I can feel being in it.

I like imagining being his apprentice … Just taking care of the coffee, sorting proofs, cleaning the press or picking up the floor after work. It would all be good and most honorable. I can feel the perfectionistic eye of a master printer in the way he holds the proof. As a monotype artist, I can say the sight of that press is also very charismatic. One could learn so much from being in the presence of such a master artist/artisan.

By: valerie-Jael

valerie-Jael — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:48:38 +0000

Alan is a very talented craftsman, and it is a shame that he is shutting down his shop. Valerie

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:30:05 +0000

Gentle Author you have the knack of finding truly wonderful characters and Spitafields Life is an absolute gem. This article is beautiful. Keeping bringing in more of this amazing facet of life and its wonderful people.