I’m in!

Just wanted to say a sincere thank you, Jessica, for all your efforts as LoLP co-director, and congratulations on this new chapter of your life. You are a trailblazer!

Wow. She makes it look so easy! 🙂

I should add that it does take quite a bit of patience and practice (at least for me, it did) to perfect this — I recommend trying it two or three times on stacks of scrap paper (the same kind as your real printed pieces) before doing the real thing. There’s a certain point when the paint is drying to take the stack apart. It just takes some trial and error to know when that is. If the paint hasn’t dried enough, it will smear onto the front or back, if it’s too dry, it will rip the sheets apart. And you have to clamp the paper enough so the paint doesn’t seep in between the sheets, but not so much that you leave marks in the paper or take out the impression of the letterpress (if you’re painting after you’ve printed). One more thing — put lots of scrap paper at the top at the top and bottom of the stack, because the best ones end up being in the middle of the stack.- Christy

There is a fascinating video here on the Crane blog about gilding, which is similar:http://craneinsider.blogspot.com/search/label/GildingI have used the same method to clamp my paper, then I paint the edges. So far, acrylic paints have worked the best for me.- Christy

I have been using a lot of Lettra directly from Crane, and it’s been arriving fairly quickly for me (I’m in Lawrence, KS), usually within 2 or 3 days. I can never find a tracking number when I log in to my account, but if I call, they don’t seem to mind giving it to me over the phone. Good luck!

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