Monthly Archives: June 2011
Humidity. Pah.
Still not dry. Getting there. Soon. Next up: something with type. I need to see how the press is handling trip …
Still not dry.
But look! I have learned a valuable lesson: work more slowly. Especially when it’s raining. Now I think I will move on to type, because it is differently troublesome. And someone has to test the lovely new 14pt Univers … Continue reading
Still standing.
And what we can take away from today’s experience is that anti-fatigue mats are the next thing the studio needs to get. The bright side of this is that I printed three colors of a four-color reduction lino block today, … Continue reading
About that press.
Well, I went to the Museum on Saturday. Remember those little Acorn presses? Well, apparently they’re $3,000 presses. Not to me, they’re not – as I’ve probably said, and will say again, if I’m going to spend a lot of … Continue reading
Re-reading Bug Jack Barron.
So I decided to re-read Bug Jack Barron last week. Warren Ellis posted about an e-book version, I think, and my paperback copy was less well-hidden than I expected. Man. I know it was written in the late ’60′s, and … Continue reading
Help me build a (better) print shop
It’s hard to know where to start, asking for this kind of help. Let’s start at a beginning, then. Earlier this year, I joined the editorial committee of a small poetry press called Timberline. What this really means is that … Continue reading