Laser Etched Letterpress Block Printing, Soup to Nuts, in One Day
Soooooooooo for my Experimental Lettering course we had to expand on our monogram/cipher sketches from last week and apply the finalized design to some medium. I chose to create a letterpress wood block I can use on any typesetting things I tackle in the future. So, I got up real early on Saturday, went down to the wood shop, cut a piece of wood to the perfect size, went over to the lasercutter/etcher and waited my turn in line, and etched the design into the end grain of the block. The result was this:
I was very pleased! I was thinking to myself, “Hey self, this came out pretty well!”
Right around this time I realized that I had not flipped the design, so if I were to print it, it would print backwards. Hooray!
So, due to the limited hours of the lasercutter, and my preposterous schedule, it came down to me having to go through this entire process, plus the whole printing process, in one day. (Along with two classes!) Here are the results:
Special thanks to Colin for sticking around after class and snapping some photos.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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Ciphers
D.I.Y.
Etching
Hand Lettering
Lasercutter
Lettering
Letterpress
Monograms
Printmaking
Typography
Wood
hell yeah, fuck yeah, oh good stuff
WOW AM! Fantastic!
Thanks, gentlemen.
Holy cow! That orange is perfecto. I want one for my houuuuuse :P
This makes me want to take letterpress next semester…hmmm….
cool
Coooool – I need your help on a project.
Please email me.
Thank You,
DM
How about trying it on metal or delrin?