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For the Delirus Mediaevalis Scientia Feriae (Mad Science Fair) event that was held this weekend, I put together a display on printing ink and linseed oil, as well as a demo on the printing press. For the ink display, I had 5 glass vials, each containing a liquid and a small ball bearing. I had a [...] I decided to enter a woodblock recreation of an image from a 1568 Danse Macabre into East Kingdom King’s and Queen’s Arts and Science Champions. I was super pleased with the results, and I enjoyed the process. I was able to get the pear wood planed to type height, so I was able to print the block [...] So I am going to have to put my Pennsic map project on hold. It is much to involved for me to work on while finishing up my Ph.D. I did get all of my pear wood planed down to 0.918″, which is American type height, so it will fit in my printing press, so now [...] Lino Block and Print for Crown Tourney Site Tokens. The final site tokens had printed text as well. Yesterday my husband and I experimented some more with the printing press. We set up the gauge pins and used multiple pieces of metal ornamental type. These experiments were less successful than Sunday’s, but I feel like I learned a lot about the press. I was not able to get a nice even print and [...] I am the proud new owner of a Chandler and Price Pilot printing press. I could not be more pleased with the way everything went. |
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