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    A look inside the letterpress filing cabinet

    Since getting my Adana 8 x 5 I’ve been accumulating bits and bobs of kit.

    You don’t quite realise some of the things you might need to be able to do projects.

    Type obviously. But also hand rollers, inks, glass to pre roll ink, cleaning kits, spacing stuff, paper and so on and on.

    Here’s [...]

    July 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: letterpress kit | 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

    Adana 8 x 5 (letterpress love)

    Back in early December I posted about a letterpress card I’d bought.

    And about how I was rather taken with the idea of getting a small letterpress machine.

    So taken in fact that I went and collected one today that I bagged on e-bay

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    Adana, side view

    Am am *so* excited…can’t [...]

    February 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: letterpress kit | Leave a comment

    Letterpress…

    I like writing real letters to real people on real paper with a real pen and real ink.

    In these days of instant communications it seems delightfully civilised.

    And believe it ot not there are some people out there who don’t have computer let alone email.

    And everyone appreciates a lovely letter in the post.

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    December 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: inspiration | Leave a comment