Hello, Where can one have the BASF plates made in the US? Thanks, Suzanne Tinnian Iowa __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder -...
While a newbie to letterpress and never having seen a steel or vinyl plate in my life, I have found the discussion fascinating as to how passionately yet...
Absolutely no creep experienced after switching to Scotch brand # 893 strapping tape. Secure all four sides. A short tab of the same tape also makes a...
I was recently informed that Curtis Fine Papers has called it quits. Their Curtis Flannel Cover was a great cover weight sheet for letterpress printing. After...
Hello all, Another noob question for those of you who have done it all... I'm embarking on a series of mixed media prints that will involve silkscreening...
Hi there, I'm somewhat desperately in need of finding some woodletter type this week -- preferably a mixed jumble. I've checked ebay, and have a few bids out,...
hmmm. you don't mention it, but if you have any image files linked to your document you may want to check those. in Quark anyway, squirrelly image files will...
Thanks everyone for getting me started on learning about where to get poly plates made! Both Gerald and Harold's information sheets are very helpful. Suzanne...
Hello Everyone. I've been lurking and reading and watching and learning from all of you for a while now. Gerald was kind enoug to invite me to the list, and I...
Dear listmembers, For some time now, I have been printing from BASF's new digital WFH 95 HD photopolymer plate. The advantage with this plate is that the...
Another thing - Not so many years ago Abrams Venetian - George Abrams extremely fine Venetian typeface designed for the Danish court - was locked to the Danish...
Does anyone have a large size of the Deberny Peignot Initiales Crystil? I have several printed specimens, including one from the foundry, but ink spread on...
... Gerald- Is there a typo here? Isn't this Nicolas of Cusa, the important philologist? I didn't realize that he was credited (even putatively) with the B42. ...
Up for discussion, and possibly slightly off topic: I've referred several times with fellow designers to what I call "the fetish of the edition". I'm...
Does anyone know a source for WOODEN cutting sticks for a Chandler and Price guillotine? The stick that is in place (and which will be destroyed if I attempt...
I have plans to offset print a letterpress design done with wood type. We'll print it it on a vandercook, then scan the art to create films. Does anyone have...
having done a fair amount of letterpress in service to advertising, you'd be better served having a transparency shot of the work and having THAT scanned. in...
A fellow called me up the other day regarding his plates cracking and wondered if I knew the reason. He exposed these with a "light box" and washed them out by...
Hi Gerald, I still can't post, please post for me. Here's an answer for this guy: The short answer is that his plates were too dry, and were allowed to ...
Gene Gable has produced an interesting series of articles over at CreativePro on letterpress. Quite an interesting perspective on it all. Lots of great pics....
Please excuse multiple postings. These catalogues don't deal with Polymer but I thought it was something people would find interesting. Some of the specimen...
I understand from Dianne Longley that her _Printmaking with Photopolymer Plates_ is back in print. Longley has a studio in South Australia where she also...
There is a new link to the Oak Knoll Fest which is now sub-titled The Fine-Press in the Twentieth Century: A Symposium http://www.oakknoll.com/fest/home.html ...
hi all, ive been doing some searching on google and in the letpress archives for some high level overview of how to make polymer plates, and havent found what...
Given the recent discussion of metal type among PPL'ers, I thought some of you might be interested in the current issue of _DA (The Devil's Artisan), A Journal...
on page 22 is a bit on a San Francisco-based stationery company that does letterpress! It is a nice little write up. Their website is www.adayinmay.com or 415...
This may be relatively new; the web presence, not the company!!! This page would seem to indicate they still have some remnants of their previous foundry type...
Fritz.... Any chance of you needing a grunt to carry your stuff or pick up after you... However I think I'd probably do more in one day with you.... than I've ...
Gerald, i think you're baiting me... i have nothing against whatever surface you choose to print from as long as you consider the alternatives and ALL the...
