Proofing ‘Peglin’ - 6 line size

Introducing ‘Peglin’ - an ornamental typeface inspired by the shape of a washing line peg! Will be doing some test cuts next week to see how small I can go - I’m hoping for 8 line 🤞 ____ #woodtype #peglin #letterpress #typography #newtype #mckellierwoodtype

Thanks to Hooksmith’s excellent Substack on his newly acquired Delittle’s ‘Eboracum’ woodtype I’ve discovered I have some in my collection! Ok it’s just the banner ends but great to ID - at 26 line the type would’ve been impressive! Read the great post at hooksmith.substack.com/p/delittles-...

Spotted some lovely spurs for Netflix’s second season of ‘Wednesday’…

Testing complete - ‘Princestown’ now available in 8 and 10 line #woodtype #letterpress mckellier.com/products/pri...

Introducing ‘Princestown’ - a revival of a 150+ year old hand carved original from @princetownpress - available as a 12 line 3A scheme with smaller sizes coming soon. Happy printing! 🫆 _____ #woodtype #woodtypewednesday #letterpress #printmaking

Happy sunny #makermonday ! Cutting 10line replacement French Clarendon/ Playbill/ Slab Serif/ whatever-your-name-for-it in endgrain Holly ____ #woodtype #letterpress

Cutting a 2A scheme of ‘Stewartby’ in endgrain pear. You’ll hear a lot more about Stewartby in the future as the new Universal Studios theme park is going to be built on the site of what was the biggest brickworks in Europe. ____ #woodtype #letterpress #printmaking #stewartby #makermonday

Second colour for the Space Boy print done - then onto some type… #printmaking

3A scheme of 12 line ‘Golbourne’ cut in end grain pear off on its travels to New York #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking

Not using my normal tools today - quickest way of cutting this 6ft slab of Pear into more manageable pieces 💪🪚

Another beautiful book in today’s post ‘The Complete Commercial Artist - Making Modern Design in Japan 1928-1930’ from the lovely people at @letterformarchive.org (a bargain EBay find!)

New-to-me book by Steven Heller and Louise Fili - ‘Euro Deco’ is filled with beautiful examples of European Art Deco graphic design 😍

Very slooooow start to printmaking this year… Only just got around to inking up the Space Boy print I was working on end of last year- picked up some of the laser cuts due to being a shallow cut but hey it’s part of the process. _____ #printmaking #printmakersofinstagram #letterpress

New #letterpress posters on our website, as always using antique woodtype and vintage metal type. Chocolate features 2 art nouveau ornaments from @mckellier.bsky.social revival series, some of the only 'new' blocks we have. Looking good with the Creamore Mill oak #poster hangers. #buyartfromartists

Always fun to see how AI handles letterpress - at least hands are getting better😂

Laser cutting today - Horse Chestnut border cut in endgrain pear #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking

I noticed that the kerf (width of cut / blade thickness) is slightly different on my new blades for my trim saw. I remembered you get gasket paper in different thicknesses - a quick laser cut later and saw is back to being pica & point accurate. ____ #funditor #letterpress #flexoidgasketpaper

Another day of cutting the Day & Collins chromatic border…

Still working on resetting my relationship with all things online, staying busy printing and life-ing. Yesterday I dabbled with white-on-white for creating a background, and I like the results. (I’m also really enjoying the Tellenbach flower ornaments by @mckellier.bsky.social.) 🤍 #letterpress

Beautiful letterforms ❤️

Cutting an A4 set of my chromatic Day & Collins border revival… #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking #makermonday

Typeface v Font? As this Shutterstock blog post neatly sums up: "You can think of the typeface as the family and the font as the individual family members." www.shutterstock.com/blog/what-is...?

Great mail day - postcard from the lovely @starshapedpress.bsky.social - thank you!

Testing the newly cut Bausto Inline plays nicely with my original sorts… #letterpress #printmaking #typography

Cutting 12 line ‘Lidlington’ numerals today in endgrain Pear #makermonday #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking

Not sure where all the planets are but a beautiful night for star gazing…

Adding more Typehigh English Boxwood for engraving to the website… #boxwood #engraving #printsky

Personal project - working out the possibilities of making Javanese woodtype - overlapping diacritics being the main headache - the letterforms are beautiful - this is Noto Sans - final version will use something more elegant #woodtype #letterpress #typography

Cutting 16 line ‘No. 24’ numerals today in endgrain Maple originally from the Delittle factory in York (via the Type Archive). _____ #makermonday #woodtype #letterpress #typography #delittleofyork #printmaking

Playing with Adobe Firefly Ai video (beta) not sure what press that is! 😂 #letterpress

Cutting a pair of Tellenbach flower ornaments #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking

Proofing 6 line ‘Tilsworth Spur’ #letterpress #printmaking #makermonday

Cutting a 3A scheme of 6 line ‘Monpassie’ in endgrain English Holly for @mashinter.bsky.social #letterpress #woodtype #printmaking #typography

Finished ‘Tilsworth Spur’ - will be cutting some test blocks next week to see how small I can go - hopefully 6 line - any other sizes you need to get inky with? #letterpress #woodtype #typography #mckellierwoodtype

Annual woodworm check on my 30 line W H Bonnewell type from 1860.

Cutting 6 line catch words (and, with, for and The) in endgrain Holly #woodtype #letterpress #printmaking #makermonday

I was originally going to make this border as a combined laser/CNC product but actually the amount of time setting it up could be better spent just using CNC to cut it - will do some more prototyping #letterpress #printmaking #makersgonnamake

3A scheme of 12 line ‘Lidlington’ cut in endgrain English Pear for Scale House Print Shop in New Hampshire #woodtype #letterpress #printmaking #makermonday

Haven’t used my laser for a month - gave the lens a good clean - cutting a beehive/skep ornament in endgrain Hornbeam #makermonday #letterpress #printmaking

The process of cutting my revival of Tellenbach & Cie flower ornaments - 10 line size in endgrain Swiss Pear #woodtype #letterpress #printmaking #makermonday

I only cut type on a Monday so it’s a busy day finishing off this 3A scheme of 12 line Lidlington - can you tell what letter I’m cutting? (haven’t sorted a dust shoe for the new router yet) #

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The joy of adding personality simply by having sort out issues caused by adding spurs - the negative space of the G is lovely… ‘Tilsworth Spur’ coming soon

Think that works - rounded the inners (probably is a more technical term!) of the B to match the spur…

Always have lots of projects on the go, occasionally I finish a few 😂 This one is going well - ‘tuscanating’ my existing ‘Tilsworth’ typeface by adding spurs

Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

Thinking of designing a typeface based around this single woodtype sort - anyone seen anything similar?