These are pictures of the Don Black Linecasting "class trip" I organized in the beginning of October. I forgot to bring my camera so these are taken by our friend, photographer Michael Robinson, who came on the trip because he likes all things old!
Thanks Mike!
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| Like the type says. |
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| On the way into the Warehouse |
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When you walk into the warehouse this is what you see on your right. In the foreground is the Intertype machine and in the background against the wall is a flatbed press they use for proofing. Craig was kind enough to show everyone how the Intertype machine worked and he also cast some type for some of the group!
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| Ooo! Hot foil stamping!! Craig is demo-ing the hot foil stamper for Nerissa. |
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| Shiny! |
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| One of the most popular styles of presses these days! This is a floor model. |
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| Two part qoins. I used these at school! |
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| The name is in the photo! I still have a fear of these! Joe from Pomegranate Press told me a "poke your eye out" story about one! |
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| A beautiful old paper cutter. |
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| Lots of wood furniture! |
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| Large Foundry type |
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| some of the mechanical parts of the Intertype machine. |
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| Printing some cuts |
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| Rolling! |
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| Beth takes a look at some images "hot off the press"! She even bought a small press just like my Showc |
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| The cuts and the print on the bed of the press. |
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| They have walls of drawers of letterpress stuff!! |
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| Craig's work area. |
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| A pile of lead "pigs" for casting type. We used them for weights for pressing handmade paper when I was at O.C.A.! |
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| More drawers of stuff AND a bunch of presses that Craig is working on. |
MORE!!!
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| Packaged type and ornaments for sale. |
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| Tanya from Snap + Tumble checking out the Ludlow mats and composing them in a casting stick. Craig let my husband, Ken, demo type casting on the Ludlow for us. |
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| Drawers of type! |
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| I believe these drawers contain mats for the Ludlow. The drawers are beautiful! |
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| Wood type in a drawer. |
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| Tanya, Christine and I looked at drawer upon drawer of cuts! |
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| Craig setting up the hot foil stamper. |
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| I was looking for ornaments and a cute little font to use for my Wayzgoose Anthology submission. |
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| Craig talking with Nerissa. |
4 comments:
Holy amazing! wow, if i didn't have a gazillion things going, including little Max, i would totally get into this, alas, i shall wait till he's a bit older!
Mike's photos are amazing! I particularly like the one of the large Fondry Type which I purchased.
Thanks for sharing these, Akemi!
Oh, I love Don Blacks! SO nice to have them close by. Beautiful photos too! Thanks for posting!
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