Inset label, anyone?
Last week a package arrived from Macy Chadwick in California. Inside? Book cloth, sample components, instructions and magnets for a set of boxes I am making to house our Shift-lab … Continue reading
Excavation #2: Point of View
I’m in Los Angeles in the middle of a visit to the Otis College of Art and Design this week to give a presentation at the Otis Book It Symposium … Continue reading
Excavations
I’m digging through old notes today to gear up for a talk I am giving on Sunday afternoon at the Otis College of Art and Design. (Are you in Los … Continue reading
Put down that mulled wine immediately. We are making bookcloth today.
Happy Holidays! Here, put on this apron and stop drinking. We’ve got work to do. We’re making our own bookcloth today, so tell your family to get lost and let’s … Continue reading
A loopy box with a drawer
Yesterday I finally got all my paperwork in to Penland for the boxmaking class I’ll be teaching in August. It got me all in a box making mood, so I … Continue reading
How to trim sections to size without a cutter
Not every house is equipped with a guillotine, board shear, or cutter, but this shouldn’t stop you from being able to trim your sections for your books to identical dimensions. … Continue reading
Clearing the Decks
I am ready to move forward. I am ready to make something new. I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, but the tiniest bindery in the world is … 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
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
How to adjust the packing on a flatbed cylinder press
The process of letterpress-printing is a relationship between two basic variables: How much ink is applied to your printing surface (type, lino block, plate, etc.) and how much force you … Continue reading
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