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watercolours
by Hugh Buchanan and texts by Peter Davidson | |
Summer 2010
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Work on printing the watercolours has had its ups and downs. I'm printing them on an Epson PRO 3800 which takes an A2 sheet. The quality of the printed image is stunning on the 330gsm Somerset. But I soon found problems with printing on such a thick sheet. Epson didn't want to know as I hadn't bought the paper from them - thanks, guys. Only after much experimentation and assistance from fellow-sufferers out there on the internet who had similar problems did I find out how to get perfect results. Slowly the pile of 1,600 blank sheets became a pile of printed sheets. | |
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Finally we are back
on track and serious letterpress has started. I am hand-setting the main text in
Stephenson Blake 14pt Caslon Old Face and having to dis and set for each pair of
pages. I shall be building my customary photo-diary
for the title as work proceeds. More on that anon. As you will see below we have
a record number of appearances at various shows this year and we really want to
see Winter Light on the stand at them. Below you can see one of the
four-page openings - each page is A3 - with four of Hugh Buchanan's
watercolours. | ||
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There will be 100 copies for sale with a further 25 not for sale. We are offering a pre-publication price of £220 (€270, US$370) for those who would like to be sure of a copy and are happy to pay now in return for a generous discount. The price on publication will be £275 (€330, US$450). Subscribers to the Press will receive their usual 15% discount on either price. (Shipping is charged extra at cost as usual. Euro and dollar prices might change with exchange rate fluctuations.) If you would like a copy at the pre-publication price please contact us and we can quote you the price including shipping. I hope to send out a small brochure shortly. | ||
