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…
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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,…
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…
Waterloo Mini Maker Faire
We’re applying to demonstrate papermaking at the Waterloo Mini Maker Faire coming up June 15th at Kitchener City Hall. While writing up the application we found this photo of a sheet of paper being formed. You can see the waves…
Monotype pump head disassembled
As part of my project to add a pump latch to my Monotype Composition Caster to allow casting of larger type, I decided to take apart the pump head so all the parts could be cleaned properly of decades of…
…and Calligraphy too!
A few weeks ago Lily’s kindergarten class held a muffin sale, but she was home sick the day they were supposed to make the sign for their muffins. So I pulled out a fountain pen and a sheet of hand-made…
A Sampler of our Marbling
Someone asked me about our marbling on handmade paper so rather than try to describe patterns and colours in an e-mail or by phone I though I should just take a photo of all the marbling we have on handmade…
Lily’s first sheet of paper
Back in November 2009, when Lily was only about 2½ years old, we attended the Branson Banana Bash organized by Mimi Aumann. It was a chilly few days in the Ozarks in November, where we tried various methods for pulping…
2012 Paper Mulberry Crop
A few year ago, a mulberry plant started growing in my yard. According to my tree identification book, it is a paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera. This identification is not definitive, since Wikipedia mentions a sticky sap which I don’t recall…
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