Proofreading Challenge
27/08/11 16:04 Filed in: Pellinore Press | After Darwin
I will be using a longer passage from Darwin’s On the Origin of Species as part of my next print in the subscription series. Below are scans of the text as it appears in my copy of “Origin” and printed from my own handset type. I’d be very thankful if you could take a few minutes to read both passages and look for any errors or discrepancies in my handset type. Spacing between lines and words is not an issue, it will be adjusted when I manipulate the type in my final print.
The first 3 people to inform me that they’ve proofread the passages will receive a small prize. The first person to find each mistake (if any) will receive a slightly larger prize.
Thank you!
-Ursula
ursula@pellinorepress.com
The first 3 people to inform me that they’ve proofread the passages will receive a small prize. The first person to find each mistake (if any) will receive a slightly larger prize.
Thank you!
-Ursula
ursula@pellinorepress.com
Once I’m sure that I’ve made no mistakes, I will be setting the type in a spiral. It will form the border for a 6x8” wood engraving. Below is a paste-up I’ve made to help figure out line lengths.
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After Darwin: The Valve House
15/08/11 15:09 Filed in: Pellinore Press | After Darwin
Here is the completed third print in the After Darwin series, The Valve House.
The biggest challenge in the printing of this image was the registration, particularly of the black (which is actually a very dark green) with the preceding colors. Partway through I realized that I could have done the entire print as a reduction cut, meaning that the same block is progressively carved and printed, lightest color to darkest. As it is, the pale green/gray and middle green are a reduction. The image below shows the successive layers.
The colors I originally devised were not going to work as a reduction, so I cut a key block and worked from there. One aspect of the present print which would have been impossible as a reduction, is the places where the middle green is cut away and the black sits only on the green/gray, such as in the subtle roof structure discernable in the center of the image. Read More...
The biggest challenge in the printing of this image was the registration, particularly of the black (which is actually a very dark green) with the preceding colors. Partway through I realized that I could have done the entire print as a reduction cut, meaning that the same block is progressively carved and printed, lightest color to darkest. As it is, the pale green/gray and middle green are a reduction. The image below shows the successive layers.
The colors I originally devised were not going to work as a reduction, so I cut a key block and worked from there. One aspect of the present print which would have been impossible as a reduction, is the places where the middle green is cut away and the black sits only on the green/gray, such as in the subtle roof structure discernable in the center of the image. Read More...