Letterpress Now DIY Guide to Old and New Printing Methods

Description

Letterpress Now is a letterpress instructional book in project form. It is like having studio artist Jessica C. White to your home helping you learn the basics of letterpress while you work through a project. It lives up to the DIY part with step by step instructions and photographs. Small platen presses, jobber platen presses and cylinder presses are all covered here with an abundance of tips and tricks. Printing methods such as linoleum block printing, wood and metal type, photopolymer plates, die cutting, hand inking, reduction cut wood block, pressure printing and collagraphy are offered in the hopes of teaching a new skill or sparking a new interest. Learning the techniques through this letterpress book keeps it fun and interesting.