It Begins!

Last week I made negatives for my first signature of the book.  This week I went to Gordo, AL to  Studio 150 to begin the madness.  There is an apt. there that I'm able to stay at during the week. I was able to print 3 folios.

I had to go back to school during the week and remake a few negatives. Although they proofed well on newsprint, when I printed on the real paper, I found that I had words that had blown out.  That means that for whatever reason, when the negative was exposed in the platemaker, that part of the negative did not fully make contact with the plate material and it get's fat.

Printing take a lot of patience.  You need to be watchful of everything. It can take a very long time for the make ready before you print on the actual paper.  Sometimes I think I should have stock in a newsprint company.  Everything must be perfect. Items that you are looking for are the base line of the words lining up front to back page, and margins - both the left and right.  Sometimes tweaking both with the plates and the machine is seemingly endless and other times, everything lines up perfectly.  I'll have to take a movie about this process and post it.

So this is what it is beginning to look like  Two pics.  First is a close up of one half of a folio I printed and then the three completed folios stacked up.  That means I have 13 more folios to go!  Going back next week to print more.  Happy New Year everyone!