I often sing the praises of the Grimsby Wayzgoose, the annual celebration of printers, book artists, printmakers, paper marblers and book artisans held on the last Saturday in April each year in Grimsby, Ontario. It’s a wonderful and […]
Category: Letterpress Projects
Printing money — of sorts
One of the vintage gems in my small assortment of blocks is this exquisite bank note engraving. While I know nothing about printing money, I’m assuming that this is the underlay or background for paper […]
A card for my mom
I lost my mom a few days ago; she passed away after suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for several years. It robbed her of her health, leaving her unable to walk or speak or to recognize […]
On printer’s blocks, bigotry and these modern times
Hidden at the back of a dusty type case at the Cranky Press lies a scrap of typographic history that no one wants to remember. There are about a dozen of these blocks: bizarre, offensive renditions of […]
Sonnet 116, redux
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 […]