printmaking
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Keep on sewing…
Each time I started sewing pages into the next book, I would remember that I wanted to make a time-lapse from start to finish. It was not until the very last book that I set up my phone to record the short video below. This last book was done in one sitting and could not Read more
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Back to the Books
At the end of August, I headed to the Cities to spend some time with family and take in new things at the State Fair. But, now that I’m back home, it’s “Back to the Books!” Literally. I am on the final stage of sewing the pages into the covers and spines. I’d like to Read more
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It’s official.
It’s official. I’ve lost my mind because I’ve crossed the tipping point of the book project or maybe I should use the word “tabbing point!” Here’s the thing; Mulberry paper is strong but soft in terms of it’s rigidity. Not quite the flimsiness of a tissue paper, but not as stiff as the pages of Read more
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Block Print Progress Update: Betty’s Spaghetti and More
Betty’s Spaghetti is a labor of love hand-bound, hand sewn, hand printed collection of family favorite recipes. I think I’m about at the halfway point. So far:Research of materials, processes, and ordering of materials.All covers cut, design etched into cloth and glued to covers. 11 of 12 linoleum prints carved (although I am reconsidering recutting Read more
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Video of the two-stage print process
As the grant funding for this project diminished, I was in a bit of bind on how to print the polymer plates from Boxcar Press. Traditionally, these are printed on a letterpress where the plates (which have an adhesive backing) are mounted on a base and the inking rollers just kiss the surface with enough Read more
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Phase 3
I’m a little over a month in on the 100 Day project and through the course of generating more and more houses using materials on hand (including old print proofs, telephone books, and patterns) One of the old print proofs was titled, “What’s behind Door #23?” That’s when “#” stood for a number, not a Read more
Dawn Rossbach 