Letterpress 2 started at MCBA last night. It took me two hours to set six lines of type for our group project, which will also involve bookmaking and learning how to mix Pantone colors precisely. Exciting! I asked our instructor my most burning letterpress question: how is most commercial work produced nowadays? I keep seeing all these amazing designs, and ...

It’s done!! The printing of the wood-block type went much smoother than expected. I was glad to get to do the whole process myself, too: inking the press, printing, cleaning the press (oh my god, it takes forever. In sweaty rubber gloves, too!), mixing ink according to the Pantone book, and then inking, printing, and cleaning again. It’s good practice. ...

At open studio on Monday, I did a test print of my bird lino block. I mostly wanted to see how much more linoleum-gouging I had to do, but it was great to see it turn into something real: Rather than spend my time in class scraping, we decided I should start printing the text. I’m doing a calendar page, ...