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