Full circle, it seems. Inspired by my participation in the Bodleian Libraries’ Sonnets 2016 project, I’ve decided to reprint Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. Some context: I stumbled into letterpress and the book arts while working with the National […]
Finn and games
A friend of mine asked if I would print a little broadside: she had in mind an old Finnish adage that she thought would work nicely as a gift to a Finnish relative. Now I […]
On sheep thievery…and Shakespeare.
In January of this year, the Bodleian Library announced a wonderful initiative to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. Sonnets 2016 invited letterpress printers from around the world to participate by printing one […]
Close to my heart: Wayzgoose and Dylan Thomas
Come the heart of wintertime, I start to think about the Grimsby Wayzgoose. Nestled at the base of the Niagara Escarpment, Grimsby is a lovely and historical town in southern Ontario – and has been […]
“the universe is unfolding as it should”… On Distributing.
Perhaps one of the lesser-known (and least-enjoyed) tasks of letterpress printing is distributing type, or “dissing.” It is the final task of printing a text: it is the act of breaking up the text […]
Takin’ Care of Business
A proprietor’s card or “prop card” for the Cranky Press has been on my to-do list for many years. It’s a little project that is supposed to identify one’s press as a “private” press […]