A lot of people have been asking me exactly what I do. Some people don't understand the process that goes behind it and why it costs what it costs. In the next few posts I will be talking about this... in the meantime, I wanted to show you a short clip of the Love Quote Print I made the other day.
My friend Ross, from Tuna Fish Discrepancy, was kind enough to shoot this video with his cellphone! Music is by him as well :-)
You can purchase this print at my Etsy Shop.
Enjoy!
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Love the 2x4 treadle
ReplyDeletehaha Thanks Chris
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend built it for $7 after I made him pull the wheel for 200 impressions! Probably the best idea he's ever had! :-p
Yay! Love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you attach your treadle with? Did you get just the hook from Hern? If you ever feel like sharing your specs for it, I'd love to give that a try ... we never ended up ordering our treadle because we had a car to fix instead. :(
I was wondering the same thing.
DeleteI can totally understand that Tiff. I'll ask him to explain everything to me so I can let you guys know. But he said he used 3/4 inch pipe hangers.
DeleteIt works pretty well, I've got no complains :-)
It's pretty simple. Cut the 2x4 to length and attach the the back using either pipe strapping or hangers. Then towards the middle drill a hole and pop a 1/4" x 3" eye bolt through, attach that to a turn buckle (to adujust the height of the treadle) with a 1/4" x 3" hook on the end. Hook onto a short length of chain (again so you can further adjust the treadle) and then tie the chain to the center of the press shaft with a piece of nylon rope.
ReplyDeleteBTW... that was Adam :-)
DeleteThanks you!!
Ps. I didn't understand anything he just said, I hope you guys do!
What a nice video! Loved seeing you in action, Sara. Letterpress is fascinating and it looks like there are about a million ways for a print to not turn out perfectly. And THAT is why your work is worth every penny. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann! I really appreciate that!
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