Archive for March, 2010

A few (really hard) lessons learned.

Posted: Thursday, March 11th, 2010 @ 5:37 am in Letterpress Projects, Ottawa Press Gang | No Comments »

Well, I’ve finished printing my Wayzgoose contribution…and just in time! I just finished the covers for the 50 copies that are destined for the author and printer. They’re nestled, carefully interleaved with scrap paper, waiting for the ink to dry before I fold and compile them into their signatures. Though the submission deadline looms, I’m feeling that some [...]

Cranking, madly cranking!

Posted: Monday, March 8th, 2010 @ 5:30 am in Letterpress Projects | 2 Comments »

The submission date for the Grimsby Wayzgoose signature is looming – and it seems with each passing day, I’m cranking more desperately. An intensive session on the press this weekend has yielded some good results, and a few hard lessons (more on that later!). For now though, I can report that I’m nearly finished, with only the covers left to print. [...]