This year's California Rare Book School course was on the history of typography, taught by Paul Shaw, designer and design historian, with Grendl Löfkvist, printer and Education Director at the Letterform Archive.
History of Typography Class
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Mock-up Press Equipment Placement
Progress is being made! Here are photos of mock-ups of the press equipment. The Vandercook is on one side and the C&P is on the other.
Descriptive Biblography
Two weeks ago I took a course with the California Rare Book School at UCLA on the topic of descriptive bibliography.
Guillotine Delivery
This beautiful Chandler and Price Guillotine was delivered over the summer.
Studio Construction Progress
Insulation is going into the studio this week.
Single Sheet Letterpress Book
I took a class at the SF Center for the Book and learned how to make a single-page, folded book.
Tape is Evil: A Cookbook Repair Project
Here is my description along with photos and video of a recent book repair project of a 1954 copy of Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking.
Cylinder Press Core Certification
In February, I completed the Cylinder Core Curriculum at the SF Center for the Book. We practicing setting type, working with a pica ruler, pulling proofs, locking up the type in the Vandercook press beds, inking, adjusting the rollers...
Return from CODEX 2019
This is the second time that I have attended the CODEX Biennial Book Fair and Symposium, and again, I came away having learned more valuable information about book arts and collecting.
Pedigree of a Vandercook Press
Pedigree of a Vandercook Press: Below are some photos of how my new Vandercook Universal III was carefully crated and shipped from the fine arts press of Stephen F. Austin State University. It arrives this Friday.
Tape is the Enemy of Books
Tape is the Enemy of Books: This is my next book repair project. It is a Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking. This edition is from 1954, the 17th printing of the book.
