{"id":966,"date":"2011-11-26T20:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2011-11-26T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:23:06","slug":"a-little-letterpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"A little letterpress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some weeks ago <a href=\"http:\/\/elenagianni.com\/\">Elena<\/a> brought me a set of cast metal sorts from Italy, a gift from an old typographer. She knows I have a soft spot for typography, analog processes and old machinery: letterpress printing is a good example. I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3rlsj-KEZE&amp;feature=related\">love<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22639018\">all<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/15032988\">that<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.typoretum.co.uk\/2011\/11\/10\/typecasting-at-the-whittington-press\/\">stuff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-968\" title=\"IMG_0402\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0402.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0402-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided to build a small letterpress so I could use the types. I checked which materials I had in my material box and I found some scraps from past <a href=\"http:\/\/ishback.com\/lab\/fusta\/fusta.html\">experiments<\/a>. Three blocks of wood (I&#8217;m pretty sure is Mahogany), brass little rods and some copper. These random pieces defined the shape of the little letterpress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-967\" title=\"IMG_0396\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0396.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0396-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-969\" title=\"IMG_0408\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0408.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0408-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-971\" title=\"IMG_0524\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0524.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0524-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0527.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-972\" title=\"IMG_0527\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0527.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0527-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-973\" title=\"IMG_0528\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0528.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0528-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-986\" title=\"IMG_0603\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0603.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0603-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I made a little ink brayer with some parts of an old radio cassette player I found in the studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-974\" title=\"IMG_0531\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0531.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0531-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-975\" title=\"IMG_0536\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0536.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0536-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-982\" title=\"IMG_0588\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0588.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0588-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0594.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-983\" title=\"IMG_0594\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0594.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0594-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-984\" title=\"IMG_0596\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0596.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0596-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-980\" title=\"IMG_0563\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0563.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0563-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-987\" title=\"IMG_0605\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0605.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0605-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0646.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-991\" title=\"IMG_0646\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0646.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0646-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite typography and letterpress printing is everything about accuracy, I must say this is not the most precise letterpress ever. This type of wood is really hard and thin drills were bending. Also I couldn&#8217;t work with a precise router this time (I used a Dremel with the router table).<\/p>\n<p>I made a little video of one of the first print tests:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32710933?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last weeks at CIID I&#8217;ve been involved mainly in research projects and mentoring the students on their final projects, not much hands-on prototyping. This little press project has balanced the thinking with some making.<\/p>\n<p>There are some more pictures in my Flickr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/78897029@N00\/sets\/72157628162046485\/\">set<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='social-buttons' style='width:215px;margin-top:40px;'><div id='tw-button' style='display:inline;'><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ishback.com%2F%3Fp%3D966&count=none&related=&text=A%20little%20letterpress' class='twitter-share-button' data-text='A little letterpress' data-url='http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=966' data-counturl='http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=966' data-count='none' data-via='ishacbertran'>Tweet<\/a><\/div><div id='fb-button' style='float:right;display:inline;width:150px;'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ishback.com%2F%3Fp%3D966&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=350&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=20&amp;font=lucida+grande' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' allowTransparency='true' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:350px; height:20px'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some weeks ago Elena brought me a set of cast metal sorts from Italy, a gift from an old typographer. She knows I have a soft spot for typography, analog processes and old machinery: letterpress printing is a good example. I love all that stuff. I decided to build a small letterpress so I could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}