FineLine Letterpress

February 2011


with a pencil

February 26, 2011

This is not quite finished, but I wanted to share it anyway.  It is based on a beautiful photograph of Eudora Welty by Bruce Weber.

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raindrops

February 14, 2011

There is lovely rain today.
The drops hang on the trees, sometimes they sparkle in the light.
New leaf buds are getting ready to burst!  and they are enjoying the drink.

The wet air smells heavenly.

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more

February 8, 2011

Here is another one of our favorites.   We’ve done this in the past with black ink on pink cardstock.  But this year we like the red on white:

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be my valentine

February 6, 2011

Email is very handy for communicating so many things.
But we are glad that valentines are still made out of paper (or chocolate).  We think that your friends and loved ones still delight in seeing an envelope with his or her hand-written name on it.  It has (unfortunately) become uncommon to receive a personal card or [...]

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ahead

February 2, 2011

Sculpture seems like another wonderful way to depict a person.   This statue is at the library in Davis.  I am sorry I did not get the artist’s name.   I think it is very beautiful.
One of the things I love about letterpress is the texture.   Not THIS MUCH texture, of course, but even [...]

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