Orphans in action
At the flea market in Brighton I found some orphans in a basket. I bought the whole lot and am uploading a picture of some of them - mirrored for your convenience.
Of course I want to see them in action. What technique should I use? I do not know a print shop that uses wood type and have no press of my own.
Perhaps you can recommend a website?
Thanks!
14.Jun.2008 10.55am
Try the techniques used by people in this video from the Tage der Typografie 2008 (in German) – http://imk.verdi.de/movies/kalender.mov
The bit with the things that looks like kitchen rollers looks neat. Worth a try?
14.Jun.2008 10.58am
Traditionally rubbing & stamping have been associated with wooden block printing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing
Scanning, and Photoshopery may also give some good results.
14.Jun.2008 11.01am
Thank you both.
Sii, I tried my luck with Photoshop, but the result was awful. Could be my fault, though.
14.Jun.2008 11.06am
Most of the good photoshop work seems to be based on scans of printed output rather than the block themselves
14.Jun.2008 11.15am
Great! I watched the film and read the article and now I am all set. Can’t wait for Monday to buy the ink!