What a difference a week makes. After Nancy & I figured out our paper dampening procedure, the printing has been moving along at a good pace. The paper is a delight to print on and it is accepting the ink beautifully. After last week's tenuous six press runs, this week we got fifteen printed, including the seven state proofs of the Alexander the Great page for the deluxe copies. Six of the inks I used this week were my own hand-ground inks, made using earth pigments and Daniel Smith tint base.
Text: Marcus Aurelius; Type: Agnese 238
Printed in one color
Drawing with smoke on the Æschylus page
Text: Æschylus translated by H. D. Thoreau; Type: Harlem
Printed in two colors with unique additions in candle smoke
Text: Tom-A-Bedlam's Poem; Type: Hybrid Two
Printed in six colors from four plates
Hand grinding Bohemian Green Earth ink with a glass muller
Text: Alexander the Great; Types: Agnese 238 and Cancellaresca Milanese Formata
Printed in nine impressions taken from seven plates using six ink colors. Five of the inks are hand-ground:
Bohemian Green Earth, Raw Umber Light, Raw Umber Regular, Venetian Red, Ultramarine Blue Very Deep
Text: Democritus; Type: Saturn Shadow
Inspired by relief travertine inscriptions in Rome.
The background color is a hand-ground ink made using pulverized stone
Text: W H Auden; Types: Cancellaresca Milanese Corsiva and Roma Abstract
Printed in two colors
Text: Nicolete Gray; Types: Texto Portuguez and a modified version of Ventura Shaded
Printed in three colors
