Ampersand Coasters, Part 2

[caption id="attachment_3110" align="alignnone" width="3024"] [Three Packs of Coasters][/caption]The second set of coasters gave me another serious problem to overcome. I knew that the day of reckoning was coming for this particular problem, and I'm glad it happened on one of my projects and not one...

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Ampersand Coasters, Part I

After having been slowed down in my work by two weeks of being snowed in, I'm finally busting through it and into production mode. Today I worked on a project that I started in Eugene in December. This series of coasters will consist of six positive...

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Hand Proofed Type Specimens

A letterpress shop needs type specimens. First of all, they'll be useful for me to see all of the options when I'm making typeface decisions. Secondly, it will really help communicate the "flavor" of various typefaces to customers when we're trying to make some preliminary...

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Setting up the Studio

I've been snowed in for days. Every once in a while, though, it's been clear enough to walk the two miles to the studio downtown. I really want to be printing, but it's going to take a few days to get everything moved, the type...

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Letterpress Studio Move, Day 3

This was a very long, exhilarating, amazing day! I brought home the most beautiful press I've ever seen and a giant paper cutter, learning how to move them in the process.   [Hitching up the trailer]   [Cutter and lumber that's about to become skids]   [With skids it just rolls...

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