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Frankfurt loves glass!
Saw an ad for Total. “Total: committed to better energy. ” How pleasantly accurate and honest. No net zero alchemy. .
Colophon is Printed!
Since I used Weiss bold and regular, a serif font, they have two different surface areas which affects the clarity of the printing. Bold has MORE surface area and it was over inking. On the drum, you add packing – basically different thicknesses of paper to ‘cushion’ and raise your desired paper to best meet the face of the text.…
inked in black!
I’m exhausted and way behind schedule. However, last night, Addendum got its black. All 225 sheets. Compare the resolution of printing between wednesday (click on the image to see the messy ‘halo’ around the letters. and don’t be distracted by the double print, i was just saving paper): and Thursday Here is that delicious moment, when, your pile is almost…
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, case 13990 on review!
I am so excited. My ducks are lining up. Checked the VLA case listing and saw my request for assistance is being reviewed! Yay mystery lawyer! Can’t wait to meet your contract-savy language!
Paper!
So Lee made me some beautiful cotton and flax fiber paper on a 12×18 laid mold. It took her a week to make 225 sheet (beating the fiber, mixing the pigment, pulling the paper, couching the sheet, drying the paper). I love it. Now I’m cleaning it. It takes me 4 hours to clean 50 sheets.
Hot Press folio
Today I tried out different hot press foils on my Bristol 3-ply folio board. I want to order a magnesium plate using Textura font but that machine that can do larger areas needs a fix. But none the less, I know it works on my Bristol. I of course burned my self w the 300 degree block. 
Welcome to the Anthropocene!
The anthropocene is a name given to our time. Our time to drive Spaceship Earth as Buckminster Fuller so playfully and seriously wrote. An era, in my mind parallel to that of the microbial burst millions of years ago that changed climate so much that the planet became more habitable to evolve life as we know it. I am not…
Nick Golebiewski helps!
Today Nick helped me in all things IfThisThanThat. Check out Nicks drawing a day project nicks-lunchbox-service.tumblr.com