A gorgeous inky mess Lest you think all is quiet on the home front…I’ve been silent recently because wedding season is in full swing and, besides Charlotte, the thing I’ve spent the most quality time with lately is the press. There will be lots of beautiful invitations and albums to show off just as soon …
In the last few days, the air has changed. It is not so humid; it is easier to breathe. October is my favorite month. Yellow leaves are falling outside now and even here in Brooklyn, where the colors are beautiful but somewhat less than spectacular, the change of the seasons is palpable. Sunlight comes into …
For the 2 1/2 years that I have been lucky enough to call Campbell Raw Press my full time endeavor, I’ve worked out of our living room, using my Golding Official No. 4 tabletop letterpress to print 99% of the greeting cards, business cards, and other small pieces I design and make. When I need …
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and that means our little workshop is buzzing with sewing, gluing, printing, scoring, packing, shipping, folding, and tearing. Boxes of cards and piles of covers in progress and books to be sewn are e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. and it’s busy, busy, busy, which is just how I like it! In the …
I’ve been thinking about my literal and metaphorical toolboxes a lot lately and am figuring out some fun new ways to make the most of tools and skills I have and show them off. For now, this is just a peek at my primary literal toolbox; a dinosaur-patterned tin filled with scissors, needles, beeswax, thread, …
