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Apologies & Recent Projects
Dear Readers, I offer my sincere apologies for not posting for so long! A new job, and lots of projects are to blame. But I have vowed to be much better about posting and showing off all the fun things … Continue reading
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Tagged apology, blocks, blog, cards, cat, Chandler & Price, Design Week Portland, em-space, Greeting Cards, kitty, letterpress, Letterpress Printers Fair, milling machine, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, post, Steam Powered Design Challenge, The Grand Trunk Herald, Thomas Edison, thursday, type tray, woodblock prints
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Homemade Boxcar Base
This past weekend Doug finished making me a couple of aluminum bases for deep relief photopolymer plates! He milled down the aluminum to .853″ (+/- .0005″!). I never realized how difficult it would be to get such an exact tolerance … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminum, boxcar base, laser-engrave, milling machine, photopoly, photopolymer
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Resingrave: Milling out Unwanted Spaces
Printmakers love Resingrave for its ability to hold crisp lines and details. It resists bruising and, thanks to the new formula, it seldom chips. Unfortunately, our designs don’t always fit exactly on the block and we are left trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Mac Plus, milling machine, resingrave, wood engraving, woodcut
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