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Chime Ding Cast Tin

£12.00

John Taylor Bellfounders

Mass Journal 02

This issue presents Chime Ding Cast Tin, an ongoing project by Mass Collective documenting the last major bell foundry in Britain.

John Taylor & Co operates the largest bell foundry in the world in Loughborough since 1839. The photographs document the processes and the people involved, within a timeless industrial environment that will soon undergo substantial changes. These are the last days of the foundry as it’s been known since its foundation.

As you turn these pages you move through the process of the creation of a bell, from casting to tuning. The visual narrative is accompanied by the recordings of sounds, noises and voices of the people working at the foundry.

Photographs: Luca Piffaretti, Francesco Russo, Henry Woide

Sounds: Luca Piffaretti

Words: Diane Smyth

Design: Stanley James Press

Specifications:

  • First edition of 200

  • 52pp - 130 gsm silk paper

  • Multi-layered triple cover - 135 gsm uncoated paper

  • 158 x 210 mm

  • Staple bound

  • Accompanied by audio recordings

To know more details about this zine see the Buyer Guide.

* Zines ship separately from all other items within the same order.

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John Taylor Bellfounders

Mass Journal 02

This issue presents Chime Ding Cast Tin, an ongoing project by Mass Collective documenting the last major bell foundry in Britain.

John Taylor & Co operates the largest bell foundry in the world in Loughborough since 1839. The photographs document the processes and the people involved, within a timeless industrial environment that will soon undergo substantial changes. These are the last days of the foundry as it’s been known since its foundation.

As you turn these pages you move through the process of the creation of a bell, from casting to tuning. The visual narrative is accompanied by the recordings of sounds, noises and voices of the people working at the foundry.

Photographs: Luca Piffaretti, Francesco Russo, Henry Woide

Sounds: Luca Piffaretti

Words: Diane Smyth

Design: Stanley James Press

Specifications:

  • First edition of 200

  • 52pp - 130 gsm silk paper

  • Multi-layered triple cover - 135 gsm uncoated paper

  • 158 x 210 mm

  • Staple bound

  • Accompanied by audio recordings

To know more details about this zine see the Buyer Guide.

* Zines ship separately from all other items within the same order.

John Taylor Bellfounders

Mass Journal 02

This issue presents Chime Ding Cast Tin, an ongoing project by Mass Collective documenting the last major bell foundry in Britain.

John Taylor & Co operates the largest bell foundry in the world in Loughborough since 1839. The photographs document the processes and the people involved, within a timeless industrial environment that will soon undergo substantial changes. These are the last days of the foundry as it’s been known since its foundation.

As you turn these pages you move through the process of the creation of a bell, from casting to tuning. The visual narrative is accompanied by the recordings of sounds, noises and voices of the people working at the foundry.

Photographs: Luca Piffaretti, Francesco Russo, Henry Woide

Sounds: Luca Piffaretti

Words: Diane Smyth

Design: Stanley James Press

Specifications:

  • First edition of 200

  • 52pp - 130 gsm silk paper

  • Multi-layered triple cover - 135 gsm uncoated paper

  • 158 x 210 mm

  • Staple bound

  • Accompanied by audio recordings

To know more details about this zine see the Buyer Guide.

* Zines ship separately from all other items within the same order.


Mass Journal is a series of refined self-published zines dedicated to photographic projects exploring how humans modify and intervene in the constructed and natural landscape.

Every issue is the expression of a careful process of photographic research, curation and editing by the Collective’s members.

The final product is the outcome of the combined effort of professional photographers, writers, graphic designers and expert printers that results in an affordable piece featuring high-quality photography projects.


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