~ Fine letterpress and intaglio printing ~ Celebrating 30 years in 2022
Gallery ~ Books, broadsides and ephemera
Bower by Terrance Hayes
What’s left of the block
. . . and charge the big hook jaws . . .
deluxe binding of The Intruder
The Diana Gabaldon keepsake for the NWS event in Traverse City, July 7, 2014.
Along with Youth
Don Etherington binding of The Intruder
Initial letter detail
Chained books at Chetham’s Library in Manchester, England where I was a speaker at a letterpress conference.
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.
Sitting on Hadrian’s Wall in northern England
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One of the greatest dangers of work not getting done at DWP – a good hatch on the river!
Title page from Heart of Darkness
Title Page
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
Prototype title page
Fancy type mortising (kerning)
Glenn’s remark
Title page from Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty, deluxe edition binding & slipcase
Presentation binding for John Smith book
Custom bound journal, commissioned bindery work
If
Killing the Bear
The Changeling’s Exile
Don Etherington binding of The Intruder
There Be Monsters.
The bindery room
The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
Heart of Darkness
Detail of circular quads used in the type form for Along with Youth
Trout page spread
Digging, by Seamus Heaney
Spread from Heart of Darkness
Secondary edition. The Mad Angler’s Manifesto
It begins
detail of “The Intruder” cover
Opening spread for Minisens
The Trout in Winter
Presentation binding for The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
Killing the Bear by Judith Minty
Opening spread for There be Monsters
the linoleum blocks for “The Path” center spread
the process
Page spread from The Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, versified by Clara Dotty Bates.
Opening spread for the Frogs Who Wished A King by Aesop, intaglio engravings by Chad Pastotnik.
Center Spread
Detail of title page for the book There Be Monsters
Double throw-out page spread from Heart of Darkness
Title page to The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith
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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