Sometimes we opt to add some colour by hand painting onto prints. In this case, the colours added are Windsor and Newton inks and highlight a small part of the pictures. The addition of colour adds a distinctive touch to each piece, making no two pieces exactly the same.
Hand colouring is quite meditative and something we enjoy doing on hot summer days.
As any who run an older machine of any kind, there are challenges in keep them operational. So it was when we were about to start printing the Fennel series that instead of the satisfying whir of the inking drum motor, there was a single ominous click, then … nothing.
We crease gift cards using the Squintani Model 5 treadle press. Each card is individually creased by hand and as you see in this short video, it is a quiet meditative process. Enjoy the video and take a little time out with the gentle roll, click, crunk of the treadle press.
There is something meditatively satisfying when manually treadling a small letterpress, feeding in and removing individual sheets.
