Next week, Lost Art Press titles that I’ve written will feature a new design of signature bookplate.
Designed and printed by Brian Stupayrk at Steam Whistle Letterpress & Design, these bookplates are printed in two colors on Crane & Co. self-adhesive paper.
If you purchased one of our books from another retailer and would like one of these bookplates, you can order one in our store here.
— Christopher Schwarz
When we started Lost Art Press, we kicked around several ideas for what should be the symbol of our small company. We toyed with a saw and then a plane, and we eventually settled on using Joseph Moxon’s compass. The dark horse candidate was to use a skep, a woven, basket-like beehive. The beehive has…
My daughter Madeline has an etsy page set up for the latest set of stickers. You can place your order here – the stickers are $6 for a set, and the price includes domestic shipping. (Overseas orders are $10 per set, which includes shipping.) I’m afraid she isn’t able to do the “send $5 and…
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I want you to know that the following events occurred with my fly completely wide open. I am getting old and funny. I’m building a pair of chairs based on some beautiful examples that Chris Williams and I saw at St Fagans Museum of National History from oak, and today everything went off the rails….
After a week of teaching at the Woodwright’s School, of course we felt compelled to post an excerpt from Roy Underhill’s “Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker! A Novel With Measured Drawings.” Above is one of those measured drawings: Roy’s plan for a mallet featuring a “rising dovetail,” from “Grandpa Sam’s Woodshop of the Air.” To download…
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