A Cover for COWF
Care of Wooden Floors now has a cover:
I'm hugely pleased with this. It was designed by Jo Walker at HarperPress, and I was fortunate enough to be allowed along for part of the process, making up the lettering in Mr Smith's letterpress workshop.
Making up the type.
The type on a galley, about to be transferred to the press. All these years in magazine journalism we've talked about "galleys" meaning proofs that haven't yet been laid out, but this is a galley in the original sense - a metal tray for carrying type.
Making an impression from the type.
Spot the deliberate mistake. It's actually pretty hard to proofread when everything is upside-down and backwards.
Jo inspecting her handiwork. Thanks, Jo!
There's a full set of images up on my Flickr stream, and some videos were made of the process - hopefully those will be online soon too.
I'm hugely pleased with this. It was designed by Jo Walker at HarperPress, and I was fortunate enough to be allowed along for part of the process, making up the lettering in Mr Smith's letterpress workshop.
Making up the type.
The type on a galley, about to be transferred to the press. All these years in magazine journalism we've talked about "galleys" meaning proofs that haven't yet been laid out, but this is a galley in the original sense - a metal tray for carrying type.
Making an impression from the type.
Spot the deliberate mistake. It's actually pretty hard to proofread when everything is upside-down and backwards.
Jo inspecting her handiwork. Thanks, Jo!
There's a full set of images up on my Flickr stream, and some videos were made of the process - hopefully those will be online soon too.
Labels: books, care of wooden floors, me me me, my writing, print
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011.
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