Ornamental

February 16, 2013 in Letterpress

This week has been all about feeding the Red Eel's ornament and borders habit...

What's in a name?

February 03, 2013 in Letterpress

Sunday was spent packing up and posting the first custom order printed by the press, a set of bespoke letterheads:

Paper: Original Crown Mill Pure Cotton, A5 white, 100gsm

Ink: Hand mixed chocolate brown ink

Type: Gill Sans, 12pt

Monotype border/ornament: 2 pieces x No.156, 36pt

Quantity: 100

Good dog...

January 04, 2013

I've added a new item to the Red Eel Press store on Etsy... I've been selling the Bow Wow Letterpress Correspondence Notecards for a while now and thought it would be nice to offer our little pooch a chance to stretch his legs on a folded card. The result is the Bow Wow Letterpress Cards, sold in sets of four.

Print shop now open

December 02, 2012 in Letterpress

As well as selling on Folksy and Etsy, the Red Eel Press now has its own print shop...

Noel & friends

November 24, 2012 in Letterpress

Just finished letterpressing the Red Eel Press festive season offerings.

Window shopping

September 16, 2012 in Letterpress

The Red Eel Press is now selling on Etsy, you can check out the shop @ http://www.etsy.com/shop/RedEelPress

I am dreaming of a white...

September 03, 2012 in Letterpress

I am thinking Massey initials are the way to go this Yuletide season, started testing some options on the press yesterday. The cool grey came out really well.

A busy week

August 28, 2012

In between print runs I've been busy on the internet, the press now has a 'live' website, shop and Twitter feed:

Red Eel Press website at www.redeelpress.co.uk

shop on Folksy at http://folksy.com/shops/RedEelPress

Twitter @RedEelPress

A growing obsession

August 16, 2012 in Letterpress

I also don't seem to be able to resist 'victorian' art ornaments...

Fontastic

August 15, 2012 in Letterpress

Splashed out on some new fonts:

Bembo Roman 14pt
Gill Sans Roman 12pt
Plantin Roman 12pt
Erhart Roman 12pt

Paper Chase II

May 01, 2011 in Letterpress

The first day of May sees me running another paper test:

Paper* - Various, Lawrence 'General Printmaking Papers Sample Book'

Press - Adana 8x5

Packing - Swiss packing from Happy Dragon Press, bottom blanket/brown packing x 2/folded

A4 template sheet/Mylar plastic top sheet

Type - 72pt Narrow Gothic Titling (freshly cast)

Ink - Rubine Red, Caligo Safe Wash RELIEF In k, hand inked

*sample book consists of 33 papers.

Fine Tuning

May 01, 2011 in Letterpress

My 72pt Narrow Gothic Titling type arrived on Wednesday and I was able to tackle adjusting the platen on the Adana 8x5. Primed the two capital Ms and Ws and fine-tuned the press...

A Bookish Type

April 12, 2011 in Publishing

This lovely book has just been delivered by the postman...

..this tome deserves a LARGE cuppa and an hour settled on the sofa. Once I've had a read I shall log onto the Taschen website with my key card and browse the online content, hopefully the wife of this volume will arrive tomorrow...

Paper Chasing

April 12, 2011 in Letterpress

I ran a paper test yesterday/today:

Paper* - Various, Lawrence '2015 General Printmaking Papers Sample Book'
Press - Adana 8x5
Packing - Swiss packing from Happy Dragon Press, bottom blanket/brown packing x 2/folded A4 template sheet/Mylar plastic top sheet
Type - Medium (6 x 6.5 cm) arts & crafts spade/heart wooden block
Ink - Rubine Red, Caligo Safe Wash RELIEF Ink, hand inked