thank goodness.

The Aforementioned Project For Intelligent Cookies

Two weeks ago, I received word of a project involving the compilation of 2D works. My contribution to this project has just finished drying.


The word compendium comes from the Latin word compendere, meaning "to weigh together". I can't wait to see the finished publication! I am glad to have "weighed" something for this endeavor.

A revisit to metal type was a welcome change of pace. Slower, that is. The text took about 4 hours to set. This lengthy commitment was 50% due to a complete monstrosity of a type drawer (see photo comment), and 50% to my clumsiness. Metal type demands a different sort of finesse than does wood type, and I needlessly spilled the composing stick an unholy number of times. Regardless, this was a necessary exercise, and I am glad to have embarked upon it. Type/paper specs follow the photos...


Side Note: The state of the jobcase for Century Schoolbook 12 pt Italic is unforgivable. I would say that the last person to set this type was also an awful distributor. However, it appears that the type was not distributed at all, but rather, all manners of letters and marks of various sizes were dumped into various compartments. Remedying this will be this week's crusade of sorts.


I keep forgetting to wear gloves while I do this, and also eating dinner while I set. This is bad news. So I have already begun taking offers for assistance for when I am old and demented from the lead ingestion.


An Age Of Mechanical Reproduction


The Finished Print. Taken from the original email.

This project was printed in an edition of 40 on Handmade Mulberry paper. Each print measures 8" x 10" and is set in a combination of Century Schoolbook 12 pt Italic and Shaded Caslon 12 pt. The center embossing features an assortment of punctuation marks from wood type alphabets.

Alphabet Print Exchange!

(I contributed the N and the R)
READ MORE @ Art In The Age...

Collaboration Breeds Celebration, Innovation, And The Will To Dominate

It was an unexpected, albeit healthy group jam session in the basement. We made a mess and cleaned it all up, and somewhere in between managed to create some objects and work through a few errant thoughts itching on the brain. We printed this progressive edition on newsprint (the wheatpaste plan will be issued in a later installment) with a highly overpacked tympan. We began with a near-pure cyan and terminated with a lavish display of deep violets, murky browns, and hand-applied white spatterings. The results were thick, dark, and deep. "Sensual," if you will.


2/3 of The Current Morgan Printshop Dynasty of Co-Queens


The Set-Up.


For Civilized Ladies.


For Wild Women.


For Lost Boys Left in Our Collective Wake.

Mah Flickah.

In early May, my industrious room-mate did a photoshoot of some prints/books I've made, as an official "digital portfolio" of sorts. This series seems like old news to me, but not to the rest of the Internet World. Or The World, in general. Or maybe just this little circle of readers/friends who I manage to find time to talk with in person nearly-weekly.

Anyway, getting these images together is a great idea, because it happens to coincide with a semi-noteworthy event:

After an evening with one-of-my-favorite-printing-friends-ever, Emma, of emilie/ITC Kabel immortalization, I announced to myself, "Self, You Will Get Your Flickr Profile Back In Order." So I did. And I made a little set to share...



P.S. Sometimes "Flickr" sounds like "Flickle." And if you say that five times fast, you will feel quite silly and forget most of your printing-related/non-printing-related woes.

New Project, Ahoy!

Last night, Gmail delivered exciting news...

A friend is gathering work for a collaborative publication! A compendium, you might say, of works on paper by smart cookies. I think this means that I am a Friend and also a Smart Cookie. Glee! This is a really great reason to start something new, something devoid of commercial concern. So I will.

But in the meantime, I am headed to see The Mighty St. Lawrence to swim in really cold water and be on a sailboat again. And perhaps pay a visit to an old friend...

Punk Rock Flea Market Goods [OVERSTOCK]

THE MARKET: It was a long, trying day inside the 258-million-degrees-Fahrenheit Starlight Ballroom on Saturday... Philadelphia is sweating and stretching. Summer is upon us.

THE VERDICT: I ended up not-quite breaking even...and have 26 sets of letterpressed greeting cards left, along with 12 single-sheet proofs of the various designs. Each card is a two-color print (4" x 5" folded) on Stonehenge paper. There are four designs and they come with envelopes that are embossed with a To: and From: heading. Each set contains one each of all four designs. The proofs are printed on Stonehenge and Arches Cream.

THE BOTTOM LINE: If you would be so desirous (and also kind) to take some of these good goods off my hands with a few buckeroos to throw my way, I'd be MORE than happy to ship and/or hand deliver to your doorstep. Please go ahead and contact me via email at robinboeun@gmail.com, as I am a disturbingly rapid e-responder.

ALSO NOTEWORTHY:
In the midst of creating the packaging for these, I sliced my left index finger wide open with an X-Acto knife. This finger was my Best Blogging Finger. I think my internet performance is suffering. But may her now-cloven tip live long and prosper.

The Scene of The Accident...


The Good Goods...

My wee feet are swollen from a lot of walking lately. A size comparison here for ye.


"Business Letter" - Two-color (light pink/magenta) letterpress print on Stonehenge


"Thank You Letter" - Two-color (red-orange/red gradient) letterpress print on Stonehenge


"Love Letter" - Two-color (black/gold metallic) letterpress print on Stonehenge


"Hate Letter" - Two-color (cyan/silver metallic) letterpress print on Stonehenge



So here's to the start of a new week! One which houses A Day of Independence, and (hopefully) less blood on my living room floor! Hear, hear!

A Joyful Return.

It has been one month and two days since I graduated from Penn. But more importantly, one month and four days since I last worked in the print shop. For shame. But that isn't to say that I wasn't busy in The Itinerary and in The Brain.

Summer 2008's printing adventures kicked off with a glorious 7-hour Vandercook battle. I printed a series of frivolous (of course!) Good Goods to offer for sale at the Common Press Club's flea market booth next weekend. Here is a sneak preview...

Visit The Common Press Club at our table...

The so-lovely ladytypes of The University of Pennsylvania's Common Press Club will have an assortment of good goods for sale at R5 Productions' Punk Rock Flea Market on Saturday, June 28th!

The Starlight Ballroom is located at 460 North 9th Street (Just Below 9th & Spring Garden).

Come out, say hi, and have a gander at all the side projects we've been working on! More details forthcoming...

I Love Typography!!! dot com!!!

No, really. Seriously. Check out this excellent mention of type-high in the Sunday Type column...