Today I finished my first broadside. It’s a larger version of the quote and type treatment I did on my 2007 calendar. It’s printed on Crane’s pillowy letterpress paper, lettra, using polymer plates in 3 colors. You can see the entire print here.
Month: February 2007
More coasters
 |
I printed these keepsakes for San Francisco Center for the Book’s Valentine’s Day opening reception of the exhibition Bartkowiak’s Best, from a design by Maia de Raat, on SFCB’s newest aquisition — a 10×15 CP floor model platen press. (If you’re in San Fransisco, try to stop by to see the books, they are glorious.) [The exhibition is now online at here] |
Year of the Pig Coasters
To celebrate the 4th of July, my sister & brother-in-law roast a pig in their backyard and invite lots of friends over for the afternoon. Since I knew I would have lots of coasters left after finishing the Sherlock Holmes design, I made one for them too.
I printed this one in 4 steps. First the pig, then the words & glass, then the border. Finally I die cut the coaster into a 3-1/2″ round. I got the die from Taylor Made Dies in Belmont, CA (415-595-4422). The die cutting was easy — just lock the die into the chasse and cut. To make the die cutting jacket, I bought a piece of sheet metal at the hardware store, taped it to a piece of tympan and put it on the platen. (The jacket is needed so the die doesn’t cut into the platen.)
Sherlock Holmes Coasters
“With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.” And so Holmes invites Dr. Watson to sit down to hear the tale of “A Scandal in Bohemia.”
This is the design that I did for these coasters for my friend Cathy & Glen’s party.
