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Girls on Presses

I spent today pulling apart the motor on my C&P. Well, Doug was the brains of the operation, but I added some much needed muscle. I want to slow the press down, so I need a new pulley for the motor. Now everything is torn apart and I just have to wait for the mail-order parts to arrive. Bah. While we
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Kelsey Press Restoration: Wooden Base Finished!

I finished the Kelsey Press wooden base! Actually, I finished it last weekend, but I am just getting around to posting pictures. I sanded, painted with stain, then coated it with a couple coats of polyurethane. Then I bolted the press on, and voila! I made the base from reclaimed wood, so it has some reminders of its previous use.
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Printing the Star Trek Block

Hello All! I have just finished printing my Star Trek parody block, and I have pictures! You will see the listing up on Etsy soon with more detailed pics, but for now, here you go! Here’s me, printing: (And yes, that is all the space I have in my “studio”) And the side-by-side comparison of the Star Trek print: I
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Kelsey Restoration Update: Roller Hooks

Recently Doug and I finished making new roller hooks for the Kelsey press. The old hooks were both bent out of shape, and visibly worn down inside the hook area. Yet again I find that I forgot to take making-of photos for this step, but I hope finished product photos will do. In the picture above, the top hook is
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New Etsy Listing

My latest listing on Etsy has just gone live! It is a hand-colored version of “Don’t Play Koi with Me!” I used calligraphy inks and watercolors for the color. Also, I added a calligraphy gold ink in the tail and body to make the koi fish scales pop! Click on the image to see the Etsy listing and more photographs!

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Press Restoration Update: Grease & Shims

Shims and grease are two things that are quite important when reassembling a press, and I did not want them to get lost in the glitz and glam of retaining rings and finished pictures. While they aren’t as pretty, they are necessary! Shims: When we first started fitting the dowels in the press, I noticed that some of the cast
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Printing Press Power

Just created a treasury in honor of my Kelsey Excelsior letterpress that I just finished restoring this weekend! Enjoy.

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Press Restoration Update: Cutting & Fitting New Dowels

When I first disassembled the Kelsey press I knew that I would have to replace the original dowels that held the parts together. The majority had been mushroomed on one end and deformed with a chisel and hammered into the other. I can only assume that this was done by the Kelsey company to stop people from taking the press
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Flamingos Featured in a new Etsy Treasury!

Kelly Tankersley of 88editions just featured my “Flamingos” print in a wonderful Etsy Treasury, Prints from Portland and Austin. The treasury features printmaking artists from both Portland, OR and Austin, TX (two of my favorite cities!). Thanks Kelly, you made my weekend!

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Restoration Update: Sandblasting, priming, painting

This past weekend was a big one for my little Kelsey press. After taking the whole thing apart, each piece of the casting needed to be cleaned of all the old paint, and re-painted to prevent rust and protect it from grease and printing ink (not to mention to make it look prettier!). Luckily, Doug has access to a sandblaster
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