~ Fine letterpress and intaglio printing ~ Celebrating 30 years in 2022
Gallery ~ Books, broadsides and ephemera
detail of “The Intruder” cover
Digging, by Seamus Heaney
The Changeling’s Exile
CD packaging
Title page for the book There Be Monsters
Bower by Terrance Hayes
Pile of Intruders
Sitting on Hadrian’s Wall in northern England
Prototype title page
Spread from Heart of Darkness
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
Chained books at Chetham’s Library in Manchester, England where I was a speaker at a letterpress conference.
Along with Youth
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
Don Etherington binding of The Intruder
Presentation binding for The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty, deluxe edition binding & slipcase
Double throw-out page spread from Heart of Darkness
Glenn’s remark
. . . and charge the big hook jaws . . .
The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
Detail of circular quads used in the type form for Along with Youth
Opening spread for the Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, intaglio engravings by Chad Pastotnik.
deluxe binding of The Intruder
Some books produced at Deep Wood Press. The John Barth book “Browsing” was printed here at DWP for The Literary House Press (Washington College, MD) by James Dissette, my sometimes partner in crime in printing for Chester River Press.
Trout page spread
Initial letter detail
title page
Fancy type mortising (kerning)
What’s left of the block
Heart of Darkness
The Trout in Winter
Secondary edition. The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
The Diana Gabaldon keepsake for the NWS event in Traverse City, July 7, 2014.
Title Page
Killing the Bear
the linoleum blocks for “The Path” center spread
Title page to The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
Title page from Heart of Darkness
One of the greatest dangers of work not getting done at DWP – a good hatch on the river!
the process
If
The bindery room
Opening spread for There be Monsters
More
Presentation binding for John Smith book
It begins
Custom bound journal, commissioned bindery work
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
There Be Monsters.
The Path
Title page from Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
Opening spread for Minisens
Detail of title page for the book There Be Monsters
Saw on A Craftsman Legacy. High Coolness Factor. A good friend prints some flyers on an old Kluge in his garage. Not the same Huh? Bruce
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Thank you Rebecca. Very kind of you.
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Your work takes my breath away.
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