Big Jump Press

I guess I’ll just fold some things.

Ink Spot Press, (where I am printing my book,) is hopping this week with letterpress summer school. (I am teaching bookbinding summer school in a couple of weeks, see here … Continue reading

August 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

Shocking Bookcloth Decision

I am back in the UK! I devoted yesterday to finishing off another mockup so that I could improve on the binding plan for the new book. Above you can … Continue reading

August 11, 2012 · 8 Comments

OCAC: Books Accomplished.

The artists’ books are done after a marathon week-long workshop at the Oregon College of Art and Craft! The three presses were humming all the time and some planning was … Continue reading

August 5, 2012 · 7 Comments

OCAC: The Books Are Nigh!

Thank you, Susan, for the best expression I have ever seen on a new printer. The object of her attention can be found below: Oooh la la. Things are coming … Continue reading

August 3, 2012 · 2 Comments

Well Hello, Oregon. Let’s make books.

We are at the end of Day Two of the Letterpress Artist’s Books course that I am teaching at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, and things are heating … Continue reading

August 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

How the Bixlers Make Metal Type

Imagine a shop where all the type is fresh and new, where everything you set prints perfectly, where California job cases are overflowing with all of your favorite typefaces in … Continue reading

July 27, 2012 · 2 Comments

Daniel Kelm is a Fricking Genius

So after teaching last week, I decided to try out the other side. Enter Daniel Kelm, Scientific Bookbinding Artist Genius. For the last five days, I have been taking furious … Continue reading

July 21, 2012 · 4 Comments

Wells Institute Day 5: BLAMMO! The Books Are Done!

ASTONISHING BOOK VICTORY! Day 5 of our letterpress-printed artists’ books workshop saw every single edition bound up and ready to view. And now, the roundup. In alphabetical order: Andrew: Andrew … Continue reading

July 14, 2012 · 7 Comments

Wells Institute Day Four: Books Are Actually Happening

  Every press in the Wells type shop was humming today, even the creepy one that I don’t like. These books are actually coming together. Look at the image above, … Continue reading

July 13, 2012 · 1 Comment

Wells Institute Day Three: Ten Books in Three Days?

The playful, experimental stages of this workshop are over and it is time for everyone to swing into production and work on their own book projects in a serious way.  … Continue reading

July 12, 2012 · 3 Comments