The following article was first published in the next to last newsletter from CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists’ Guild). I can’t say precisely because I can’t find it amidst my debris! Anyway, I’ve added CBBAG and a couple of other worthies to my blogroll. Part of the reason for this blog is to track [...]
Archive for the 'Fine Press Printing' Category
Romancing the Press
January 18, 2008The Spring Line-up
January 6, 2008So here’s what’s up and coming from Greyweathers Press over what will likely be the next two or three years:
1) The Seventh Daughter and the Vampire. A signature (or section of pages) for a collaborative project of the Ottawa Press Gang. The Gangsters decided to do a book of faerie tales, so I wrote one [...]
My Press
January 2, 2008If you want to do fine press printing, you need a press. I print on a Vandercook 219 with adjustable bed, which weighs in at 2400 lbs and provides an 18 x 24 inch impression area. Which is good, but you need a LOT of type to fill that space. Some people wonder about [...]
