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 […]
Tag: Letterpress
The museum print shop … and my (private) patriotism
I don’t usually blog about the print jobs I do when I’m working at our local history museum. But it’s something I thoroughly enjoy, even if it does contrast with my own more curmudgeonly projects. […]
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 […]
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 […]