a shop update

I just wanted to let you know I've updated my shop with these typographic greetings cards:


It's a custom listing so each card will be made especially to order with whatever message you please!
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typography

recently i've been really interested in hand drawn type and have been playing around with drawing letterforms.
here's a little alphabet i created the other day.


i think some letters work better than others but it was just nice to have a play and a doodle.


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letterpress

on wednesday i had my letterpress induction at university which was ever so exciting as i've wanted to learn it for ages but have never had the chance. we did a few little experiments with type just to get us used to how it all works.

first each member of the group was asked to compose 2 lines of type just to test it out.
can you spot which one is mine?


then we got to have a little play with some of the ornaments.
i made this:


which i thought looked like an owl:



and finally we had a little cover printed so that we can make a little booklet out of the bits we'd done that day:



so all in all i didn't get to create anything amazingly exciting but now i've had my induction i can go in whenever i want and use the equipment. i think i'll spend a whole day in there next week. i can think of lots of things i'd like to try.

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