Posts tagged ‘woodcut’
calendar printing @TLP
Oh it’s a good feeling, not only getting my edition of 100 calendar prints completed in record time, but not having a single one get screwed up in the process. Things were much easier this time, now that we have the necessary bits to lock the jig down to the base of the letterpress. This made a huge difference, in the past the jig would either slide around or lift up at one end when the roller passed over it.


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30 Jun 2012
flattened, folded & finished
I always have an interesting
feeling of relief/release whenever
a print is finally completed.
I suppose that comes from working on them
for such a long time, that I inevitably
get a little bored and anxious to move on to something else.
Luckily, yesterday my two month long wait
for my block order from McClain’s
finally arrived, so now I have a
fresh batch of shina to begin working on.
The final paper size on this image
is 21″ X 30″.
I did an edition of four on Masa paper,
and two artist proofs on Echizen Kozo.
20 May 2011
proofing
So today I proofed my text block,
and other than cleaning up the carving
around the letters, I should be ready to print
in a day or two.
This is a good way to use up all of
my odds & ends of scrap paper!
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14 May 2011
stalled….
I finally completed the right side of my current print
this past weekend. But now I’m stalled on
the left side.
My original plan was to print the text as
you see it here in this transparent overlay, and the finished
print would be folded and creased in the middle
to resemble a page from a book.
Since I’ve only print seven (and one is already ruined from
a random ink splash), I don’t have much room to play
with the text block. I had considered using colored ink,
and even printing it directly across the face.
I’ll need to ponder my choices for a few more days
before I decide…..
“Plead Guilty” was taken from the handwriting on
the back of his mugshot. Interestingly, he was arrested
in my hometown of Toledo!
in my hometown of Toledo!
10 May 2011