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Author White, Jessica (Jessica C.)

Title Letterpress now : a DIY guide to new & old printing methods / by Jessica White.

Imprint Asheville : Lark Crafts, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., [2013]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 KTC Book Collection  686.2312 W584l 2013    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 176 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Getting Started -- A Brief Survey of Presses -- Which Press Is Right for You? -- Tools for Letterpress -- Choosing Ink and Paper -- Preparing the Press -- Setting Metal Type -- Press Troubleshooting and Adjustments -- Cleaning Up -- Everyday Maintenance -- Projects And Techniques -- Tabletop Platen Press Projects -- Custom Book Covers -- Ex Libris -- Postcards -- Recipe Cards -- Business Cards -- Valentine's Day Cards -- Full-Size Platen Press Projects -- Personalized Stationery -- Masquerade Masks -- Tree Ornaments -- Thaumatrope -- Invitations with RSVPs -- Gift Tags -- All-Occasion Cards -- Cylinder Press Projects -- T-shirt -- Woodcut Poster -- Artist Trading Cards -- Event Poster from Type -- Pressure-Printed Broadsides -- Calendar with Collagraph -- Chapbook -- Featured Artists -- Frank Brannon, SpeakEasy Press -- Jim Sherraden, Hatch Show Print -- Jessica Peterson, Paper Souvenir -- Kseniya Thomas, Thomas-Printers.
Contents note continued: Casey McGarr, Inky Lips Press -- Kathryn Hunter, Blackbird Letterpress -- Ellen Knudson, Crooked Letter Press.
Summary Explains how to use various types of presses, and includes twenty projects ranging from cards and calendars to stationery and masks.
Subject Letterpress printing.
ISBN 9781454703297 (pbk.)
1454703296 (pbk.)

 
    
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