Printing V&7thD was a hard and physically difficult slog. At shows and at ease, when talking to people about the joys of letterpress, I never seem to remember the swollen feet, aching right arm and being generally sore all over. The motion of cranking the drum up and down is neither natural nor ergonomic, and [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Production
May 5, 2008Type and paper
May 5, 2008During production of V&7thD, entire mornings would vanish in a flurry of proofs in an effort to achieve the perfect impression. I add ink slowly to the press because I have read again and again how the common error amongst novices and apprentices is over-inking. So while I build up the ink on the press, [...]
Judging the book by its cover
May 4, 2008Still working backwards through production on the Vampire story, we come to the cover. Black stock seemed appropriate, in spite of the fact that I used the same on the last book, Tenebrismo. Ah well. The overall pleasing proportions of the pamphlet and the cover are really a credit to Holly’s impeccable design and artistry. [...]
The 30th Annual Grimsby Wayzgoose
May 2, 2008It’s been a while, and I think my blog voice is a bit rusty, but here goes. Over the next few blogs, I’m going to report on the final production of the latest letterpress project from Greyweathers Press, The Vampire and the Seventh Daughter (V&7thD), working backward from the launch.
First, the background. A week ago [...]
Launching The Vampire and the Seventh Daughter
May 2, 2008On Saturday, April 26, Greyweathers Press launched its latest letterpress work, an original short story by Larry Thompson titled The Vampire and the Seventh Daughter. This gothic trifle is hand printed with cold type, using our house font, Italian Oldstyle, for the text and the blackface type, Goudy Text, for the cover, title page and [...]
