Monday 20 October 2014

Tea & a chat


The quote is by Saki, aka Hector Hugh Munro. In the story this quote comes from, the speaker is eating brown bread & butter with caviar to accompany her tea. Sounds delicious!
The lino cut capital T/Tuscan Egyptian type is printed in ink I made with PG Tips. I printed on Japanese Gampi Smooth paper, so maybe next time I should move up-market & try making ink with Sencha Japanese green tea.

Wednesday 1 October 2014

Inspiration

This wonderful coloured & ornamental Clarendon type was produced by William H Page & Co. who were designers and manufacturers of wood type. They were based in Norwich, Connecticut & eventually became part of the huge Hamilton type business in Wisconsin. This image comes from The Public Domain Review which is a fantastic resource of all sorts of images, animation, photos etc.