International Printing Museum Annual Fair 2019

I will once again have a table (Booth A11) at the International Printing Museum’s Los Angeles Printers Fair. This is my eleventh year in a row at the fair !

Hope to see you Saturday and Sunday, October 19–20, 10 am to 4 pm at West Torrance Blvd., Carson, California 90745.

The Art of Typewriting

Marvin A. Sackner of the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry published a reproduction of an early broadside of mine, Loch Ness (which was published by Bieler Press in 1981), that he included in the book The Art of Typewriting [oddly enough, reproduced upside down!!!], published by Thames & Hudson, 2015.

Image reproduced here, not at the original size, but NOT UPSIDE DOWN !!!


Note added May 31, 2019: the Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry is now held at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections.

New edition of Printing Digital Type

The 5th edition of Gerald Lange’s monograph, Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press, was produced in May 2018, by Chatwin Books, Seattle. The new edition is 114 pages long and includes several related articles [marked with an asterisk below] previously written by Lange. The paperback edition is available from the publisher as well as from The Bieler Press for $24.95 (plus shipping and tax–if applicable). Signed by the author upon request.

Contents

Part I: Overview
Introduction
1 A Brief History of Photopolymer Plates

Part II: Photopolymer Plates
2 Technical Aspects of Photopolymer Printing Plates
3 Photopolymer Platemaking Equipment
4 Pre-Digital Typesetting Cautions and Considerations
5 Film Negatives and Imaging
6 The Platemaking Process—Preparation, Exposure
7 The Platemaking Process- Washout, Drying, and Curing
8 Storage and Care of Photopolymer Plates

Part III: Printing
9 The Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Proof Press
10 Notes on Press Operations and Maintenance
11 Edition Printing on the Cylinder Proof Press*
12 Cylinder Packing and Makeready
13 Flatbases
14 Base Lockup and Press Preparation
15 Plate Registration
16 Rollers and Inking
17 Notes on Ink and Paper
18 Impression

Part IV: Working With Digital Type
Examples of font modification
19 Digital Type
20 Configuring Digital Type for Letterpress
21 Pre-Press Cautions and Considerations
22 Digital Type Foundries Respond to Letterpress*
23 Font Modification Sequence for Fontographer
24 Font Modification Sequence for FontLab Studio

Afterword
About the Author
References & Suggested Reading
Glossary

LA Letterpress Scene

On July 21, 2017, I was part of a discussion on the LA Letterpress Scene that the International Printing Museum presented as part of the APA Letterpress Wayzgoose that occurred July 20 through the 23. I talked about the development and use of photopolymer in Los Angeles as well as announcing the forthcoming 5th edition of my monograph, Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press, which was produced in May 2018, by Chatwin Books, Seattle.

Current exhibition/s

Curated by Carolee Campbell is Catching the Light: Bookworks from Southern California 2/2—4/30/2018 at the San Francisco Center for the Book, as well as the concurrent Broadsides from Southern California at the Book Club of California. A catalog (covering both exhibitions) is available from the San Francisco Center for the Book for $20 plus $8 for shipping.

Both exhibitions have Bieler Press entries.

Rolling Stone Poem

Very recently I was surprised and delighted to hear from Daniel Rayzel inquiring about my poem Stars. This had been published in Rolling Stone on May 20, 1976. Daniel was kind enough to send a copy of a photo he had taken. I was a bit clueless as both records and copies of my published poetry had long ago been sent to the University of Minnesota Archives and are near impossible to access. Quite grateful for this find as the three or four other of my poems that were published in the magazine have been hard to find.

International Printing Museum Annual Fair

I will once again have tables at the International Printing Museum’s Los Angeles Printers Fair. This year, 2017,  the fair features “the book arts and paper.”

Saturday, October 14, 10 am to 4 pm. Carson, California.

Aaron Horkey work printed by The Bieler Press

We are making work by Aaron Horkey and printed by The Bieler Press available for purchase. Please go to Fine Press Broadsides at http://bielerpressv.blogspot.com/ to find listings.

Bieler Press Book Tables October 2016

I will be attending two fairs/conferences this October and will have tables with material for sale at both of them.

1) The Los Angeles Printers Fair at the International Printing Museum. Saturday, October 1, 10 am – 5 pm. Carson, California. I’ve been there every year since they started the Fair. Always a good time. Stop by and say hello.

2) The American Printing History Association at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The Black Art & Printers’ Devils: The Magic, Mysticism, and Wonders of Printing History. Friday, October 7, from 11am to 4pm. I will bring our book Black-letter: an interpretation of events relating to the time and presence of Johann Gutenberg, during whose production was the only time I encountered a demon intent on taking over the print shop! For several months we tried everything. . .

For Sale: Bieler Press Equipment

The Bieler Press no longer actively publishes nor is involved in actual letterpress printing. We are, and will be, putting up for sale many tools, equipment, and materials that Bieler Press used for printing in its 42+ years. Check occasionally the Letterpress Presses, Equipment, Tools, Materials, Etc. page (http://bielerpressiv.blogspot.com) for up-to-date information.