The postcards for Dublin Port focus on trade and the movement of goods. I took a boat trip on the Liffey, viewing the port from the sea, after which I selected two images to work with.
by Julie Merriman
Published onMar 01, 2021
Postcards from Dublin Port
The postcards for Dublin Port focus on trade and the movement of goods. I took a boat trip on the Liffey, viewing the port from the sea, after which I selected two images to work with. The stencils for the postcards were made on a Riso machine and the postcards were then printed on a manual Gestetner Neo-Cyclostyle Duplicating machine c. 1890, in multiples of fifty. I also produced one-off ‘negatives’ of each image.
I have had a stamp made by Rubber Stamps Ireland, August Engraving, which reads:
Julie Merriman | Ports, Past and Present https://portspastpresent.eu/creativeconnections
This will be stamped on the back, at the base of all the postcards. I have also had individual stamps made for each of the ports:
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