The most productive day in history.

About a week ago, a strange thing happened, and I had the most productive printing day in the history of printing days. It was magical. These are all available in my Etsy shop and will also be available May 12th and May 13th at Art Star Craft Bazaar. My first outdoor craft fair! Yikes! Looking forward to it, hope to see you there.

:: snail mail postcard ::

 :: mysterious machine no. 1 ::

 :: great job! ::

:: mysterious machine no. 2 ::

North

 :: books in progress ::

:: hekla :: 

I'm working on my design for a new book about my personal mythology about the north. This poster was a starting point. It will be a good project to work on in the midst of the Philadelphia summer.

 :: north, wood type letterpress print by huldra press ::

:: mushroom hunting ::

Cards and Experiments

:: the tricky little lock-up ::

I printed some new business cards for myself last week. To save money, I set the card on wood and metal type instead of getting a polymer plate and printed the cards on scraps I had gathered from previous projects. Setting the type and getting the composition just right took some time, but the printing was quick and easy. I switched colors a few times for variety. To make them more versatile I trimmed them long and narrow so that they can double as bookmarks and price labels for books as well. 

:: done and done ::

I also did some polymer plate experiments on my Chandler & Price, Junior. So far, I've only printed wood and metal type on it. Polymer is a little fussier and I was worried the results wouldn't be so great. I set up a variety of plates, a halftone, a block of large text, and another much finer lined text. Not bad at all, these aren't even the recommended deep relief polymer plates. 

:: nice ::

:: very nice ::

:: little over inked, but nice! ::

That's a relief. Good job little C&P. 

Neatness and Dispatch

Unbelievably beautiful examples of printing, mostly trade cards. All via Sheaff: Ephemera. There is also an album of people holding fish.

Patterns

Colorful

:: printed wood type ::

It looks like it's going to be a busy next couple months, but I'm determined to remember to get outside and enjoy the spring. So this weekend I will be taking a little break and going to Delaware. It's a Delavacation. Not really. I'm going to go to the thrift store and the park and hang out with my folks. Maybe look for buttons

:: buttons galore ::

I have some new books in my etsy shop. Hurry, one's already gone!

:: new leather books available here ::

:: ledger & bass ::

Hi again.

:: apartment ::

I have an excuse. I moved. Moving is quite time consuming and causes loses in internet service. But I've been looking around and thinking and making things. Also, I have a new plant. It needs a lot of care.

:: Archie's Press ::

:: Siuyett, my new bookbinding crush ::

:: Christopher Gianunzio's Tactics ::

:: Bennington Potters Stoneware via Sit and Read ::