We will make boxes. We will make boxes all week. And our boxes will be GLORIOUS.
Did you see all those boxes up there? That was all day ONE. I am back at the Wells Summer Institute and we are BOX MACHINES. By the end of … Continue reading
Enter the Type Designer
Hey, you know who’s interesting? My friend Ben Mitchell. Look at that desk for god’s sake. Ben is a type designer, and so his flat is a dangerously geeky place … Continue reading
This is what rejection looks like
Carpaccio of pollock with basil, olive and sea salt salad. Sea Trout with potato & smoked eel terrine, cockles, sea beets, samphire, cider, pancetta & seaweed. I understand your confusion. … Continue reading
A scattered post, but a post nonetheless.
Ok, so I am a scattered mess, just trying to get myself back on top after two weeks in Michigan. Here are some things that I’ve done recently. I made … Continue reading
25 people, one press. A tale of woe, a tale of victory.
Standing in the middle of the print shop at the Oxbow School of Art is a lone Vandercook no. 3. About to descend on this solitary press: 24 participants in … Continue reading
Oh my god I’m out of glue.
How did it come to this? Last week I decided to get down to business in the tiny bindery and put in some hours on old projects, but when I … Continue reading
The Best Book Exhibition Ever (and other news)
Too many things to say this week! I have broken it down into list form for your perusal and approval: Item #1 WHO WANTS TO COME TO THE WELLS BOOK … Continue reading
Life behind a table
Just back from the Bristol Artists Book Event. Every book sale I do I get a bit better at the logistics. Recent additions: black felt tablecloth instead of wrinkled bed … Continue reading
To the Book Fair! (yes, I need three kinds of tape.)
Books, prints, scissors, thread, clothespins, clear bags, bubble wrap, masking tape, sellotape, double sided tape, pins, clipboard, white tags, red tags, price lists, mailing list sign up sheets, invoice pad, … Continue reading
How a horrible Ikea couch became a bookbinding tool.
For the last twelve months, I have lived with the worst couch in the world. This is a couch whose sharp, plywood corners could give you a concussion; a couch … Continue reading
Big Jump Press 