Adana Quarto Horizontal
It has been a while since I got down & dirty with Maud & Gertrude, so I thought I'd better fill that hole.
This weekend has therefore been all about mocking up some bits and bobs involving holes, ornaments, Granby Light amongst others... & then for kicks trying out some paper manipulation.
Maud & I have been working on a little commission. There are holes, Bugra Butten & Somerset Newsprint...
As is becoming traditional here at the Red Eel Press, I appear to have accidentally obtained another desktop press...
To cut a long story short I recently purchased a new set of rollers from Caslon, for Maud, my existing HQ1. Pondering the Adana price list, emailed to me by a very helpful lady called Cheryl, I noticed a QH Flatbed listed with 'TBA' where the price should be.
I took a punt & enquired what the price of a QH1 would be if they had one in stock at a future date. Cheryl came back with a price & the happy news that they had one QH1 in the building, which would take a couple of weeks to refurbish & dispatch if I was interested... needless to say I snapped Cheryl's arm off at the elbow.
The ever helpful Roy Caslon arranged for the preened & polished Gertrude to be hand delivered by a lovely chap (Steve) who drove all the way from St Albans to Yorkshire on a rainy Wednesday morning this week. I arrived home from libraryland that evening to find her lovely greenness sitting in the hall, primed & ready for printing.
Here at the Red Eel Press I've been getting to grips with my new flatbed press, Maud. Her rollers & ink plate have been covered in dark grey & midnight blue inks; her bed has been filled with floral & fancy borders; & she has been loaded with card stock...
The Red Eel Press has a new addition, a sweet little Adana Quarto Horizontal press (also known as the Adana QH and Adana HQ) complete with rolls and roller arms. I am looking forward to finding out what she can do...
