"What if it all Works Out?" letterpress print

An colorful letterpress-printed reminder, typeset with wood type and printed in silver and blue ink on a Vandercook cylinder press. Variable edition with variety of colored backgrounds.

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Details

• 8x10 or 9x12 inches 
• Letterpress on paper
• Variable edition of 13
  
• Signed, numbered, and packaged with Certificate of Authenticity

Process

Each of these is printed on paper that was ink wiped in various combinations, then printed with typeset lettering. The technique of ink wiping involves letting paper move in reverse through the rollers in a Vandercook cyclinder press, resulting in unpredictable coloring on both sides of the paper. Solvents can be added to the rollers to create variations in inking as well, and some pages are put through multiple times.