Breathing room + Deadlines = Honest to God Artwork
A long break in teaching since the holidays has given me the breathing room to think and design. The book I am producing with Shift-lab is really moving forward now. … Continue reading
Shift Lab: you tweet, we print
Hello all! This weekend I am embarking on an exciting new endeavor with fellow book artists Katie Baldwin, Macy Chadwick, Denise Bookwalter and Tricia Treacy. Together we are Shift-lab. Our … Continue reading
A carload of letterpress heads to West Dean College
Here are some things I saw while teaching at West Dean College last week. dozens of melons hanging in little hammocks two front-halves of two lions in separate glass boxes … Continue reading
Summer School discount at Ink Spot Press in Brighton
Hello Big Jump friends in the UK! Places are still available in my bookbinding and letterpress intensive summer courses at Ink Spot Press here in Brighton at the end of … 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
Teaching, Printing, Thinking, Working.
I’ve been teaching a lot of letterpress courses lately. Above you can see heavy typesetting action in my Intro to Letterpress weekend course at the London Centre for Book Arts. … Continue reading
Diagnostic Adventures at the London Print Studio
I’ve been popping in and out of the London Print Studio lately to see what their letterpress situation is. They’ve got a Vandercook SP-20, a beautiful and enormous Boxcar base, … Continue reading
How to Adjust the Inking Rollers on a Vandercook SP-15
Oh, hello again! Don’t mind me, I was just checking the roller height on this Vandercook SP-15. What’s that? You. . . you don’t know how to check the roller … Continue reading
Simulations, Now for Sale
Simulations on a Two-dimensional Grid was produced in January 2013 after receiving a hand of cards from Barb Tetenbaum’s Artist Book Ideation Deck. The text, which originates from a portion … Continue reading
Enter the Collaborator
Meet David Allen. Theoretical ecologist, Biology professor, friend, cousin, collaborator. For several years, Dave and I have met every now and then in hopes of producing a book project. In … Continue reading
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