Leaves — Pulling the final impression of first 77×42 inch woodcut

This morning I pulled the final impressions of my first 77×42 inch woodblock print using my new press… Not bad for a first attempt, actually, but I believe I can greatly improve with more practice! Registration appears to be pretty close to dead-on, thanks to paper maker Iwano Ichibei’s having rocked the paper mold lengthwise [...]

Garage Drawer Humidor in ACTION!

So… I’d been giving a LOT of thought to one difficult question — HOW, exactly, to make the sliding drawer humidor MOVE? I looked into available liner actuators — there are a TON of them available, but they’re all so darned expensive, and all require some kind of ‘programming’ to make them work… Prices seem [...]

Sliding Humidor nears completion…

Thought I’d post while waiting for the local hardware store to open this morning and show off my much-simplified paper-delivery scheme for the large press. I designed a previous sliding drawer humidor for my portable printing table — it works very well and handles papers up to about 22 x 31 inches, but would be [...]