short film about a printing project

Click on the words "Lennon's Poster" if the video doesn't come up on its own.



Lennon's Poster from Make Productions on Vimeo.
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John Lennon to write 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' for the Beatles album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Using the traditional methods of wood engraving and letterpress printing, Peter Dean and his team of experts bring to life Lennon's poster.

A Film By Nick Esdaile & Joe Fellows http://www.makeproductions.co.uk/

new printed cards

I printed 10 of each of these cards and envelopes by hand using a wine cork and the eraser on the end of a pencil. The blue/grey/yellow ones will be available at the Park Avenue Festival in Rochester, NY, next weekend at the Chartreuse Studio tent outside of 270 Park. They also have some of my collages for sale. Nice place. Take a look.

what I did in Iowa #1

Printer's Hall in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, is part of a historical complex that includes steam threshers, steam engines, railroad, carousel, and lots of letterpress printing stuff. Because this is a working museum, everything works. Everything! And people are encouraged to learn how to use it all and then use it. Below is some of what I printed, just for the fun of it.

continued reduced linoleum block

Here are the last steps. The final image here is the final reduced block. All that I can now print with the block is the black part of the image. The edition is done.

reduced linoleum block

For a calendar project, I am printing the month of March as a reduced linoleum block print. This means that, after each color is printed, the same linoleum block is cut again to then print the next color, and so on to the end. The order of printing is from light to dark; yellow, red, black. The calendar part is handset type. You'll see the rest tomorrow.

Letterpress Things

What you see when you first walk into Letterpress Things in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It's a wonderful place to go get anything for letterpress printing. I make a pilgrimage there a few times a year, and John Barrett, the owner and extraordinary type guy, is always welcoming.