Other Week: Day 10

Original Post: A Bow of Gratitude
Date: February 26, 2013 at 9:53 AM 

One of the projects in my letterpress printing class (see Center for Book Arts) was a simple, 3.5 x 5 inch "thank-you" card. Close-up of the printing work is shown above (don't inspect too carefully); I used a nice, dark green rubber-based ink.  And now that I have printed a bow of gratitude, I send it out to all of my teachers, collaborators, and friends, to my wife and kids, and to everyone that has visited this blog over the past four and a half years. Thank you everyone. Gassho. 

[NOTE: This post will be the last in the Retrospective. Fun to go through all of the old stuff; a nice respite to not have to write something original every day. Back to "a place, a picture, and a comment" next week]. 

A Bow of Gratitude

One of the projects in my letterpress printing class (see Center for Book Arts) was a simple, 3.5 x 5 inch "thank-you" card. Close-up of the printing work is shown above (don't inspect too carefully); I used a nice, dark green rubber-based ink.  And now that I have printed a bow of gratitude, I send it out to all of my teachers, collaborators, and friends, to my wife and kids, and to everyone that has visited this blog over the past four and a half years. Thank you everyone. Gassho. 

Center for Book Arts

Spent the weekend taking an Introduction to Letterpress Printing class at the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan. Founded in 1974, CBA is the first organization of its kind dedicated to "contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object, while preserving traditional practices of the art of the book". Learned the (very) basics of typesetting, ink mixing, and letterpress printing and printed out a few things on the Vandercook Proof Press shown above. Was great fun and a wonderful learning experience (thx, Sarah).

Letterpress

Nice little video by Naomie Ross about letterpress printing. I am a big fan of this method of putting words on paper. Tactile, not digital. Movable type, and ink, and noble machines that press inked letters to paper. Invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century and currently experiencing somewhat of a revival. Excited about the "Introduction to Letterpress" class that I've signed up for at the Center for Book Arts. 

Snowing like crazy at the moment. Good day to be inside. Making bread (see Waiting for the Snow).