Books
Concerning the WorK
The first full-length fine press publication from Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print, and a lyrical hymn to a craftsperson’s relationship with his tools.
by Michael Cope
The Marker Committee
The Marker Committee by Lydia Kennaway is a collection of poems exploring the ephemerality of the written word and our compulsion to leave our mark.
by Lydia Kennaway
Welcome to Anteverbs, a sprightly collection of cut-and-shut proverbs for the twenty-first century. Written, printed and bound by Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print.
by Thin Ice Press
Anteverbs
Coney Street Life
by J. R. Carpenter
Written and printed by the award winning artist and poet J. R. Carpenter during her time as Writer in Residence with the project that led to the foundation of Thin Ice Press.
Two Poems on Coney Street
Poet Jessie Summerhayes wrote these thought-provoking, playful poems in celebration of Coney Street, York's ancient high street.
by Jessie Summerhayes
by Becca Drake
The Maritime Museum & the City
A collection of poems by Becca Drake, written during a residency for Hull Maritime Museum in 2021.
Broadsides & Posters
Doves
A poem recounting the remarkable story of the Doves Press. The final letters of this poem have been printed using Doves type mudlarked from the Thames.
by Lydia Kennaway
Typecase
An elegant and functional poster showing the layout of the typecase used at Thin Ice Press. The compartments are printed using the reverse of ninety-five wood type sorts, creating texture through an experimentation with process.
Colour & Light
Printed for a York festival featuring public workshops and light projections on historic buildings. This edition of 50 prints explores transparency and the colours created through overprinting.
Frost Fair
The name 'Thin Ice Press' is a tribute to York’s own Thomas Gent, an 18th-century printer who famously operated a makeshift press on the frozen River Ouse in 1739. This linocut is inspired by a woodcut in a private collection.
As You Like It
Duke Senior's opening lines from Act II, Scene I of As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Linocut by Izzy Williamson, printed alongside handset metal type.
The Life of Thomas Gent
This linocut, copied from 1761 woodcut, shows Thomas Gent’s printing house in York’s Coffee Yard. The verse is taken from The Life of Mr, Thomas Gent, printer, of York (1746).
An Imagined Conversation
Two limited edition designs in collaboration with Harewood House for Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter. Words by Jane Austen and J. M. W. Turner, printed at Thin Ice Press.
On Thin Ice
Featuring an extract from City of Marvels by J. R. Carpenter that celebrates J. R.'s first visit to Thin Ice Press. J. R.'s poems have an eye for detail and an ear for the sounds of York, past and present.
More in Store
Visit our shop and gallery in the heart of York for prints, merchandise, kits, framed artwork and more.
CoMMISSIONS
Perhaps
We collaborated with Harewood House and Rommi Smith to print her poem ‘Perhaps’, displayed as part of the Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter exhibition.
by Rommi Smith, for Harewood House
We collaborated with Harewood House and Rommi Smith to print her poem ‘Landscape 1’, displayed as part of the Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter exhibition.
by Rommi Smith, for Harewood House
Landscape 1
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