Paper Victory
There it is at last. A millpack of Zerkall, just waiting to be cut down and turned into a book. To blog about it is to waste time, and there … Continue reading
Buckram Fail
Round two of the Great Buckram Screen Printing Experiment is a wash. The ink is just not working its way into the weave of the cloth. With the help of … Continue reading
Samples and Swatches
Zerkall White Extra Smooth 145 gsm! Heritage Buckram in Aqua Blue and Petrol! (Petrol?) Hahnemuhle Bugra! Paper and cloth decisions are made, now it is calculation time. Parent sheets of … Continue reading
Plates, by God!
Today I sent files away to be made into printing plates. Whenever I finally decide to get plates made for a book, I marvel slightly at what an arbitrary decision … Continue reading
Digital Fiddling
Today is Obsessive Digital Manipulation Headache Day! It is the little things I am focusing on now. Do I want italic for the captions in the ‘appendix’ section of the … Continue reading
Print Accomplished
Here it is, a the fruit of my screen printing labors! And at 23 1/2″ x 16 1/2″ it is my biggest print so far, and impossible to do on … Continue reading
Objects on the Big Screen
Dear Letterpress, Please don’t be mad. Love, Big Jump Press Screen printing is brand new to me, so when I am not making shattering, bone-headed mistakes, I am trying to … Continue reading
Play on the press yields a quiet little print
“The Button,” a new print produced as a study for the ‘objects’ book. I am continuing to divide my time between designing on the computer and relaxing on the press. … Continue reading
Visit to Reading University
This week I am visiting the Reading University MA in Typeface Design Program. Letters, letters, everywhere. wood type, metal type, signs, presses, monotype casting equipment, and braniacs. Ooh la la. … Continue reading
Press Play
Today I gave last week’s red nonsense lines some yellow and black company. Back at the Ink Spot this morning playing around on the press. I am hoping that some … Continue reading
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