30.3.10

Storage solution

I'm so desperate for storage but as my studio is also my dining room I need it to match with the rest of the decor so I am loving this custom made furniture from schubLaden in Berlin.

found on share some candy via I'm patrycja & I love type

I have an endless supply of miss matched type drawers, an eclectic mix of handles and a husband who's a joiner by trade! Maybe the thought of me being more organised will get him to make me one :-)

27.3.10

Emma Case Photography


The lovely, bubbly Emma asked me to print some CD cases for her photography, she loved the idea of them printed on brown craft card as she's eco friendly like me, we really struggled to find Cd cases in craft card in the UK so we ended getting some from STUMPTOWN PRINTERS. I did look into getting some made but this was going to be small print run of a 100 so not feasible unless I wanted a 1000. I say a small print run :) big to me!! 3 colours my biggest print run yet!
Emma already had designed her artwork but I tweaked it a little changing a few of the fonts, especially the 'BABIES' as the thin stroke could cause some problems in inking and the plate making. The 16 gauge type high mounted plates came from Centurion and for those who are unsure about the making and sending of files I've outline my process below...
Logo drawn to size in Illustrator CYMK and fonts outlined, a thin red stroke was added 6mm away from the edge of the type, to allow room to grip the plate in the making process. The logo was then copied 3 times and the corresponding colours left on each plate, all the outlined type was then changed to 100% black. The thin red stroke was left red to show where I wanted my plates to be cut, doing it this way would help with registration as all the blocks would be exactly the same size. allowing all the furniture in my forme to remain and I just changed the plate.
  1. Make sure you are working in CYMK and not RGB so your black is 100% black
  2. Make your artwork the required size, charges may occur if you want it made bigger or smaller
  3. Give clear instructions with your design and speak to your plate maker, they are very helpul and won't bite :)
  4. If possible use a program like Illustrator, InDesign, CorelDRAW etc for type, it is possible to send files done in Photshop but make sure your files are 1200dpi.
  5. Make sure all your files are outlined or rasterized.
  6. Thin lines - keep them to a min of 2 pt
  7. PDF is the best format to save and send your files, other formats are accepted such as jpegs, eps, tiff
Printing on my Kelsey went like a dream apart from I had to add tape to my roller bearers and file down the corners of my plates as the rollers were catching, though this was down to the block being slightly higher than type-high. I didn't even need to alter anything for registration I'll post the results here as soon as Emma has received her parcel ;) she was a dream to work with and check out her fantastic retro work, just love the Photo Booth idea, sooo much fun ;-) http://emmacasephotography.blogspot.com/

22.3.10

10 Line Gothic


10 Line Gothic, originally uploaded by jacqui sharples.
Click picture for more of my collection

8 Line Latin


8 Line Latin, originally uploaded by jacqui sharples.
Just been taking a few photos of my wood type that has been sorted, still more to clean and organize, and notice that most of my gothic or grot if you prefer is made by Day & Collins, never noticed the makers mark before. The only sans that isn't by them, 10 line Gothic, has a 'Q; which is just like the Gothic Light in the Rob Roy Kelly Specimens. Most of this type, accept for recent purchases, came with a printers cabinet I got ages ago off eBay for £90, I won't come across a bargain like that again, it contained 11 full fonts!

14.3.10

New on my book shelf


A new book to add to my heavy laden shelves, found this preview that will 
give you a sneak peak :)

13.3.10

Exhibition of Mexican prints at the British Museum

A couple of weeks ago a spent a few days in London and had the pleasure to meet up with Helen aka HI-ARTZ press, when she kindly introduced me to an exhibition 'Revolution on paper: Mexican prints 1910–1960' at the British Museum. 
So much print eye candy I found it hard to talk to Helen with my eyes trying to take in all the relief print  splendor, not copious amounts of wood letters but the quality of the lino and woodcuts made up for it! I took lots of pictures, which the quality of in no way reflects the real thing, you see some of my favorites on my Flickr.
The exhibition runs until 5th April 2010 and will then travel to three venues across the UK in September 2010 (details to follow), entry is FREE! There's a short documentary here and you read more about the exhibition here.
So if you can't get to London it will hopefully to your neck of the woods in September, Manchester please then I can go again :)

11.3.10

LINOCUT by A Deegen


My recent purchase off Folksy "Spiral Rabbit in Black" from Handprinted by A. Deegan
Beautifully printed on to Hahnemuhle Printing Paper, I just couldn't resist!
You can read what inspires Alison here on her blog
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