Alice in Wonderland is 150 years old this year, and in June I got to see the Morgan Library’s exhibit Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland. The highlight, for me, was seeing Lewis Carrol’s original manuscript with his writing and drawings (borrowed from the British Library in London). Then the other day I stumbled on a website with all the pages of that original book. Here are a few, see them all here.
Tomorrow, Sept 24, is national punctuation day. Here’s an infographic from Mental Floss with 13 silly made-up punctuation symbols. Click on the image to get a much larger readable version.
Ann Rippen took these little sample “quilts” she’d made
and wove them into a narrative inside this book.
See the entire story here
Tomorrow, September 18, is Letterpress Appreciation Day. The date was picked because the standard height of wood and metal type is 0.918 inches. And that’s got me thinking about my own press and how I use it. It’s a competing mix of new (designs & plates made via computer) and old (a 125 year old, treadle operated machine printing the design). My fancy ink jet printer is less messy, smaller, more forgiving, more flexible, and above all less tiring to use. But it won’t print coasters, or white ink on black paper, or die cut. So even though I could use more room in my shop, I like (and need) my press for those special things that only it can do. (The picture is some coasters I recently printed.)
Our biannual exhibition opened Friday Sep 4th and the reception is this Friday, Sep 18 from 4-6pm. If you’re in Santa Fe, it’s at the Rotunda near the plaza. My book Persimmons is included in the show.
