~ Fine letterpress and intaglio printing ~ Celebrating 35 years in 2027
Gallery ~ Books, broadsides and ephemera
Detail of title page for the book There Be Monsters
Killing the Bear
Don Etherington binding of The Intruder
The Diana Gabaldon keepsake for the NWS event in Traverse City, July 7, 2014.
Digging, by Seamus Heaney
Opening spread for Minisens
. . . and charge the big hook jaws . . .
What’s left of the block
Title page from Heart of Darkness
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The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
The Changeling’s Exile
Spread from Heart of Darkness
Opening spread for the Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, intaglio engravings by Chad Pastotnik.
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
Title page from Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
Title page for the book There Be Monsters
the process
Sitting on Hadrian’s Wall in northern England
The Trout in Winter
Pile of Intruders
Trout page spread
Detail of circular quads used in the type form for Along with Youth
the linoleum blocks for “The Path” center spread
deluxe binding of The Intruder
CD packaging
Title Page
Secondary edition. The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
Heart of Darkness
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.
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
One of the greatest dangers of work not getting done at DWP – a good hatch on the river!
There Be Monsters.
It begins
Custom bound journal, commissioned bindery work
Fancy type mortising (kerning)
Title page to The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
Program for Oxford
Prototype title page
Presentation binding for The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
Center Spread
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty, deluxe edition binding & slipcase
Bower by Terrance Hayes
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
The bindery room
title page
Chained books at Chetham’s Library in Manchester, England where I was a speaker at a letterpress conference.
Presentation binding for John Smith book
Along with Youth
If
Glenn’s remark
Initial letter detail
Don Etherington binding of The Intruder
Double throw-out page spread from Heart of Darkness
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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