Yes. Typesetting. Zen. Photo (c) 2011 Peach Farm Studio.
Photopolymer plates? No.
No. It is not ridiculous to stand on a rubber mat day by day, hour after hour, picking out tiny pieces of lead case by case, drawer by drawer, slug by slug, letter by letter, em by em, en by en, and paper thin slivers of brass and copper to wedge between. No. It is not ridiculous. It is not a waste of time.
This is Zen — handset Zen.
“A Koen Moment” (shown in photo, partially set) limited edition handset letterpress broadside prints, printed on Arches Watercolor Cold Press Natural White 90 LB 185 GSM paper, are printed with Midori Nori colored ink. “A Koen Moment” is one of the broadsides from the “Talking to the Walls” collection of poems printed by Peach Farm Studio.
As for handsetting type — agreed! Love it!
A Koen Moment is going on the Vandercook this coming Wednesday. For the ink, all of the broadsides in the “Talking to the Walls” collection are using the same ink color recipe (today I’ll post more on this topic).
Handsetting type is the most relaxing thing I can do….Glad to have a fellow in type.
tell me about the ink
can’t wait to see it in person