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Tag: poetry

Sonnet 116

Sonnet 116, redux

June 21, 2016March 4, 2024 CrankyAdminLetterpress Projects

Full circle, it seems.  Inspired by my participation in the Bodleian Libraries’ Sonnets 2016 project,  I’ve decided to reprint Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. Some context:  I stumbled into letterpress and the book arts while working with the National […]

Distributing type

“the universe is unfolding as it should”… On Distributing.

January 17, 2016March 4, 2024 CrankyAdminLetterpress Projects

Perhaps one of the lesser-known (and least-enjoyed) tasks of letterpress printing is distributing type, or “dissing.”   It is the final task of printing a text: it is the act of breaking up the text […]

Just Off the Press

  • On Restoring the Museum’s Whitlock Two-Revolution Cylinder Press September 3, 2024
  • Twinkle, twinkle … on the joy of printing (and not the mistakes!) April 22, 2024
  • On Procrastination … and New Beginnings February 26, 2024

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Lover of books, letterpress and the book arts. Ornery sense of humour that needs a safe outlet, which I discovered works well in printing ... except when I'm printing at our local history museum, in which case I play it straight.

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