Recent Comments

    Christmas Cards (limited edition, for sale)

    As my first ‘real’ project I decided to print some Christmas cards using a lovely wooden block I got recently of a Christmas tree.

    Once I was set up and ready to go I printed rather more than I’d planned…

    Here they are:

    Square 14cm x 14cm (approx) Rectangular 12cm x 17cm (approx)

    Printed on [...]

    December 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: for sale, projects | Leave a comment

    Handblocked notebook

    Todays’ work in progress is a one off recipe ideas book for a very good friend who has asked for some tips.

    Rather than send an email I though a personal notebook would be nice and would allow me to use some of by food related letterpress blocks.

    Because [...]

    November 5th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: projects | Leave a comment

    Gold ink

    In my various letterpress adventures I’ve been trying out some different inks and paper combinations.

    I have a ‘standard’ forme I use for testing the papers and inks…which I’m sure you’ll see popping up as I experiment.

    One of the inks I’ve really liked so far is this metallic mid gold

    Inked [...]

    July 17th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: projects | Leave a comment

    Attempting a birthday card

    For project 2 I decided to try to print a birthday card for my Dad.

    I wanted a mixture of text and a picture. So off I went and rummaged through the bits I had and spent ages played with them and trying to set them in the forme.

    What I realised was that something [...]

    June 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: projects | Leave a comment

    First ‘proper’ letterpress project

    For my first real project I decided to use a nice big block so it would be relatively easy to set up the forme and lock the block in the chase (see look technical terms I didn’t know existed only a few months ago).

    I decided to try it across a variety [...]

    May 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: projects | Leave a comment