Ports, Past and Present
Creative Connections

Julie Merriman

March 2021

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:

Dublin Port, Holyhead, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock, Rosslare.

These will be stamped on the side of each postcards accordingly.

  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard I (negative), mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard I (negative II), mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard I (negative III), mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard I, mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard II (negative I), mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard II (negative II), mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
  • Image of Dublin port by Julie Merriman
    Julie Merriman, Dublin Port Postcard II, mimeograph print, 105 x 148mm, 2021
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