Courtesy of one of my students. Perfection. #letterpress

Aurora! Monkton, MD. I could see the pink with my eyes but the camera really brought out the green.

I see a giant Z in the sky

A great gift idea for the type nerds in your life (but I already have a copy)

It's #nationalblackcatday? Perfect timing for these cards. Void-inspired and void-approved. I made this woodcut based on Lady Batman, our first foster fail. www.bowerbox.com/product/blac...

It's finished! Issue 47 of the American Typecasting Fellowship Newsletter is now shipping. You don't have to be a typecaster to enjoy the great articles on history, technical tips, and current activities in the metal printing type community. Order at americantypecastingfellowship.org

Freeze warning tonight, after a bit of frost this morning... I did a hasty run through the garden to pick all the peppers and some Indigo seeds.

This year's carved giant pumpkin! I've been carving these at Ladew Gardens since 2019 and it's always exciting to create a woodcut style image on a huge squash. They glow so beautifully when lit from the inside. #giantpumpkin #gardenglow

A most helpful beast.

It was over 80°F on Monday- and now we have a frost warning. Guess I'll have to cover up the Indigo tonight.

So very neat to see that someone I made a logo for 15 years ago has won a MacArthur Genius ward. He was doing important work back then too. Congrats Nab!

Ten years ago I quit my job in a digital print shop and dove into running my own analog print shop full time. Overall, it's been 17 years of running Bowerbox Press. Still feels good! #letterpress

Beautiful and powerful work by @springtidepress.bsky.social #letterpress

Students had extra time in class after doing their assignments, so I set them loose among the wood type and they restocked the poster board. #letterpress

Bought myself a birthday present. 1893(ish) specimen book from BB&S/Great Western Type Foundry. It's got some pretty neat stuff in it! #typefoundry #letterpress

I engraved and cast these for Jen over the summer- such a fun project! #typecasting

Flu shot achieved. Feeling protected for the fall and winter (I'll get the new covid shot in 6 months if I can, I got the old one 3 weeks ago)

I finally did it… the gorgeous Amanita border from @bowerbox.com that I’ve been sitting on for over a year was put to use last night. One of the things that made me take a bit longer was the whole mushroom murderer thing, but why should she spoil mushrooms for everyone?

I made a new print distribution system for the letterpress class. I'm hoping students will get involved and pring their hearts out.

Giant batch of tomatillo salsa going in the oven to roast. Mostly from the garden, filled out with some onions, corn, and extra peppers from the local CSA. Dinner is going to be good.

The unvaccinated child might be dead.

Had a guy on a motorcycle behind me yesterday with vinyl stickers on his windscreen... 14, lightning bolt, 88. Fucking yikes.

Heck yeah, feels good to finally have my tiger up on the wall. I printed the names, this was a blank from Enquirer Printing I picked up on ebay.

My arm is sore already. Worth it! And fuck you very much, RFKjr

Managed to schedule a covid shot for this afternoon- since the old shot is better than no shot and I don't trust the FDA to do the right thing on Friday.

Just looking at some type in the nice light today (it's finally not a thousand degrees and feels like two thousand) This is my Amanita type and you can buy it if you want to print your own little weirdos #letterpress

How i know it's getting to the end of summer: the dehydrator is full of cherry tomatoes, the freezer is full of pesto, my counter is full of various pickles, and I'm doing anything but finishing my syllabi.

These are the most disgusting case pulls I've ever had to clean, the bottom channel for the label was completely full of crud. They should paint up nice though. #letterpress

Just Chad casually putting on the mission impossible theme song as I break into my own shop (and I open the door to the final notes)

So I guess when I was moving my new cabinet in, I bashed it against the door handle and now I can't unlock the door and am locked out of my shop. Great.

New cabinet for holding my boxes of type! I have had this for a year in storage, finally painted it and cleaned it up. I'm hoping it will hold all the type that's currently on galleys on top of the other little press and all over the shop. Originally meant to hold linotype mats. #letterpress

It's time! You can get my new designs, Flora Tesselatum and Bellflower, right now. Find these and the other designs I have in stock at www.bowerbox.com/category/type And do share what you print, I love seeing how people use my designs in their own work. #letterpress #typecasting

My new mug sums up pretty much exactly how I feel every morning now looking at the news (Thanks @erikarier.bsky.social, I love it)

I just returned from the American Typecasting Fellowship Conference, and had such a great time that I hardly took any photos. I made some type, learned some history & new techniques, and caught up with the nerdiest letterpress people. It was great, both of my presentations went well! #letterpress

Spa day for the Vandercook presses at the Corcoran in DC. They needed a good cleaning and tuneup before the next batch of students learns to print! Maintenance is makeready, says @paulmoxon.bsky.social #letterpress #pressrepair

I have emerged from the deep dark recesses of the Cucumber Jungle, so I guess it's time to make pickles (3 pounds from today, more coming and some still in the fridge)

This is another design that's coming out soon! I'm really really happy with this one. I settled on the name Bellflower for this 18 point ornament. Still working on packing these up. #letterpress #typecasting

Progress on the packaging for Flora Tesselatum, coming soon. I've printed the specimen and label, so once these are dry, I can pack the fonts up into little boxes and then you can buy them and print fun things with them. This is still so cool to me, four years in. #typecasting #letterpress

Mushroom type is now back in stock! I've got a few sets of the Amanita border listed along with my other designs. www.bowerbox.com/product/new-... Flora Tesselatum will be coming soon, too, but first I need to print specimens and packaging. Stay tuned.

Check it out—I got a fabulous writeup in @starshapedpress.bsky.social's article about typesetting with ornaments in the latest Uppercase magazine! It's a fantastic publication. Get your hands on a copy if you're not a subscriber (but you should be?) uppercasemagazine.com #letterpress

A great article to learn more about the Printing Stewards- or go see Fritz and Jody at Detroit Bookfest this Sunday!

This is 9792+ pieces of freshly cast type! Each galley is about 26 pounds, made from my own designs. 3 hot, sweaty, stinky days of standing at the caster, feeding it old type, and constant oiling. Next up is packing into fonts, printing labels, and packaging so you can print with it. #letterpress

The mold was fixed, the machine is happy, and I've cast 4 full galleys of my new border. I'm hot and tired but there is still more to do! #typecasting #letterpress

Good and bad news from the foundry; the mat looks great and I'm very pleased with the design! But the water was running extra hot and slow so we tried to clear the water line, and only got it more clogged. So tomorrow will be some troubleshooting in the morning- I've got to learn it some time...

This is the new matrix I engraved last night. It will cast on an 18 point quad and can be rotated or used as a border. I'll be testing this later and hopefully it will turn out as i envision! #typecasting #engraving #letterpress

I'm back at the foundry, with my favorite machine (but it is so hot to be messing with a 700-degree pot of metal this week, ugh) New type design hopefully coming soon for your printing pleasure! #letterpress #typecasting

The book is done (except for signing and numbering.) I feel good. I made this and it made me happy. #letterpress

Lies, cruelty, and greed. Feeling so betrayed by this stupid country

It's a book! 3 working days of printing, 16 passes through the press. Once this is dry I can start binding. #letterpress

Last run on the pages of my book (can you tell I'm ignoring the news) (or at least trying) #letterpress