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