Earlier this week I finished another broadside, The Weight of Numbers. For this broadside, I looked through my collection of quotes about numbers for inspiration. The idea of numbers falling off the page seemed perfect for my random collection of wood type numbers. This is another small edition (14) printed on lettra and when it was featured on the Design*Sponge blog, it and my other broadsides were suddenly very popular! You can see what she said here.
 I figured out what to do with my box of random metal type. Since some of the type was broken and in pretty poor shape, I figured printing it on coasters wouldn’t make it any worse. Here’s the results — I printed sets of 8 coasters, 4 in green and 4 in brown.
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Today I finished my second broadside. This one uses my new collection of wood type. I’m calling it a “wood type collage”. I’m not sure how many I’ll sell in my Etsy shop, so I made just 8 of these.
March is “Small Press Month,” an annual celebration of the independent spirit of small publishers and a national effort to showcase the diverse and unique work being published today. Support independent publishing this month and buy a zine or poetry chapbook.
Check out Ker-boom!, a letterpress printed zine
Or the poetry chapbooks and small publishers listed on the DIY Publishing Blog
Or find out more about Small Press month at www.smallpressmonth.org