This exhibition of giant letterpress murals was a co-production with Hot Bed Press – a community of printmakers based in Salford’s The Casket Works.
The murals were created in collaboration with Take Action Together / Rock Street Residents; Stepping Stones Creative / Princes Park Garden Centre; Talk About It Mate; and Hot Bed Press members.
The project began with the idea of Hope. The groups first explored this as a theme in poetry workshops with Maya Chowdhry and Antony Dunn.
Our relationship with hope can be complex, but through their poetry, participants drew out ideas with beautiful simplicity. Their words were used to create these murals.
Also featured are works created by Bradford community groups as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
During the six weeks of the exhibition, the People Powered Press was itself installed at Hot Bed Press – the first time it has been moved since it was established in Shipley in 2021 – so exhibition visitors could use it to design and create their own letterpress prints.
We also launched our book — Together — which documents the first five years of community-led printing on the People Powered Press.
With funding from Arts Council England and Salford City Council.
