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 […]
Category: Letterpress Projects
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 […]
Stable — or Unstable?
A broadside printed just for fun and friends who love horses. I have it on reliable authority though that we horse lovers can occasionally be unstable in our devotion. I’m not inclined to reprint, […]
Folding, sewing and contemplating Les — and my press
Work on the eulogy is nearly complete, leaving me feeling both relieved and sad. With each paragraph I typeset, I recalled a hundred memories of my dear, crazy, funny & cantankerous father-in-law. The printing […]