Author: kpmartin

Another keepsake from recent fairs

I seem to have come down with a cold. Not a very bad one, but still sniffles and a (stronger than usual) desire to just sit around and do nothing. Still I am managing to poke away at various projects

Lily making paper

It took me a little while to find this sequence of photos, but here is Lily making paper in October 2012 (she was 5 years old at the time) and jabbering away as she does it. In the third frame

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Watermarks 2012 conference keepsake

For the Watermarks 2012 Conference held in Cleveland in October 2012, we made a keepsake to be included in the bundle given out to all contributors. This conference was held jointly by Friends of Dard Hunter (FDH) and the International

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The drive home from the Ottawa CBBAG fair

We have the luxury of staying with relatives while in Ottawa, so we ended up driving home Sunday (the day after the fair). Between the traffic around Toronto, Lily wanting to stop either for food or a bathroom break, and

At the CBBAG Ottawa Book Arts Fair

Well, here we are at the Book Arts Fair organized by the Ottawa Valley chapter of CBBAG. If you read this early enough we’re open until 4pm today at the National Archives building at 395 Wellington Street in uptown Ottawa.

Springs have sprung

Last year at the American Typecasting Fellowshsip Conference Jason Dewinetz mentioned that he had a Ludlow Supersurfacer with a broken clamp spring. The Supersurfacer is used to smooth off the surface of slugs cast on a Ludlow, which is essentially

Cleaning the Thompson ink fountain

Most of the dirt on our Thompson platen press is a mix of dust, lint, and oil which can be removed with a soft brush and a vacuum cleaner. However, the ink fountain suffers from years of encrustation of dried

Our contribution to the Wayzgoose Anthology

Now that the Anthology is out I can show you our contribution without spoiling the surprise. Overall it turned out nice, although I have 3 or 4 private critiques of my work. There were 135 copies of the Anthology produced,

E-mail woes

Over the weekend and up until sometime today we have been having trouble with the e-mail server that handles @papertrail.ca and @thinkage.ca e-mail addresses. Anyone who tried to e-mail us might have received a warning about delayed delivery or a

Wayzgoose 2013

We had great weather and a good crowd showing up, so altogether it was a wonderful day. We actually drove to Grimsby the afternoon before the show, and stayed at the Beamer Falls B&B so we could be fresh and

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