Hot off the 8 x 5 press!

Enjoying printing on my Adana 8x 5 again. It’s been a while as the last few months I’ve spent most of my energy developing my new website. So with a new website I thought it was time to make some freshly printed business cards.

eightfivepress - woodblock letterpress linocut

Typeset with Univers lead type. Printed with grey /blue linseed oil based ink.

I printed these while listening to the wonderful Debbie Millman (designmatters) in conversation with writer and adventurer Caroline Paul. 

"Debbie Millman is a is a writer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the radio show Design Matters”.

Debbie interviews artists, writers, educators, designers, musicians, poets, film makers, bloggers including Seth Godin,  Alain de Botton, Eileen Myles, Tim Ferriss, Alison Bechdel, Krista Tippett, Maira Kalman, Oliver Jeffers, and many many more. 

"And remember, we can talk about making a difference, we can make a difference, or we can do both." — Debbie Millman

Spring Forward - Root & Rise

Website Refresh & Spring Clean

For the past month I've had the wonderful opportunity to been working with Nicky Spear and Sarah Preece from Root and Rise. Nicky and Sarah have been helping me kick start some new ideas for eightfivepress and make some changes to my website. After a few meetings we decided it needed a complete refresh. So...I'm really excited to be launching my new website during the Month of March just as the buds are blossoming and the daffodils are springing up their radiance. Please do have a look and let me know what you think. Hopefully you should find the site much easier to navigate and will be able to view my work too! 

Woodblock Mini Prints

I now have my very own online shop where you can purchase my mini woodblock prints of antique Japanese netsuke. To find out more about this project, you can follow the journey of my woodblock process at Into The Wood.

I hope you enjoy the new site! : ))

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A Short Film - Printing Heron Shade EP - woodblock & letterpress

Heron Shade EP - Limited Edition

The heron print on the front cover and disc label was hand-printed with Japanese carbon ink from a hand carved woodblock.

The back cover was typeset with 24pt Univers metal type printed with gold letterpress ink on the Adana 8 X 5 platen press.

Heron Shade title on the front cover was printed using blind deboss on the Adana 8 x 5.

I have made a limited edition of 100 EPs. Each cd is packaged in a 100% recycled card sleeve with a digitally printed insert on recycled paper.