Last Nights' Mertz

My biblionautic chums and friends.

Last evening was the first evening of the Printwurk Club. An introduction to type and block printing on the Adana 8x5. A free form evening, just have a go, the rule book left on the shelf. Two color printing with the idea of Mertz in the background.

Now, I have to be honest, I had every intention of taking images, work in progress, finished work and the like. Perhaps a short film. But, as it happened, we were so busy doing stuff and having a fun time that I completely forgot. Concentrating on the students, ensuring that what they had in mind would end up on the paper, I suppose that is what the tutor should be doing... not concentrating on taking images to boost their amour propre.

This morning I raided the bins in the studio to see what was left, the first pulls etc. What struck me was how little material had found its' way into the bins. I am sure we did far more. Then I remembered that the students wanted to take everything with them, the first pulls, the mistakes (is there such a thing as a mistake when one is free form learning?) etc etc as they are akin to the preliminary sketches that any artist makes.

So, the image below is the rather poor collection of the residue of the evening. However, looking at the residue, I am quite pleased with the Man in the Moon and Charles Atlas.... "Charles Atlas?" I hear you ask... Yes, Charles Atlas.... it is a long story, perhaps another time.

Please note.... there are other studios/binderies/ doing stuff, spelling and grammar. Please further note, the opinion of the author may change at any moment. This is due to having an open mind of sorts.