Humbug Press / Presse Baliverne

Serenity and calm - a peaceful state free from disturbance and agitation. #lino #linoprint #linoleumcutprint #linogravure #linoprinting #linocutting #linocutart #printmakingart #printmakers #peacefull #serenity #saturdayvibes

Nice and very useful wooden ruler from 1950s- Howarth & Smith Monotype Limited was a Canadian company specializing in typography and design. I especially like the ‘creative typographers’ #letterpressprinting #letterpresslove #typography #letterpressisnotdead #letterpress #letterpressstudio

“ Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she’s half crazy, and that’s why you want to be there.” - Leonard Cohen #lino #linocutprintmaking #linoleumcutprint #linoprint #linogravure #linoblock #lino #calmwaters

Lighthouse, Beach and Carving #relax #beachday #linocut #linocutting #eastcoastlifestyle

During my lunch break this past Sunday. Relax and cut away. #linocut #linogravure #printmakingart #linocutart #linocutting #sundaylunch #handartwork

Garamond 18pt. I need lots of typecase :). #typefaces #garamond #letterpress #letterpresslove #letterpressisnotdead #mondaynight #mondaymotivation

The legend of Chaleur Bay Fireship, more commonly referred to as the Chaleur Phantom. Printed coasters made in limited edition. #fireship #chaleurbay #chaleurphantom #linoprint #linogravure #linocutprint #linoprinting #printmaking #sundaymood☀️

Super Sleuthing!! Mystery Solved. Typefaces Venus @6pt and 8pt light extended. Also a very good selection of French diacritic. I need a break 😝. “Venus or Venus-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family released by the Bauer Type Foundry of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, circa 1907.

Having fun with 6pt undetermined typefaces. Telephone anyone? #typefaces #smalltype #drivingmecrazy #letterpress #letterpresslove #letterpressisnotdead

Outside carving..waiting for soccer game to start #ilovefootball⚽️❤️ #linocut #linoprinting #linogravure #linocutting #linocutart #printmaking #printmakinglove #tuesdayvibes

“Dragging an iron rake the tractor wallows across the ocean of the paddock with a fine excitement of gull in its wake.” - William Hart-Smith #tractor #tractorlove #tractorlife #lino #linocut #linogravure #linocutting #linocutart #printmaking #printmakingart #printmakingprocess

Cutting deckled edge paper - 4x6 and 5x7 flat card. #decklededgepaper #flatcards #cottonpaper #letterpresscotton #printmakingcotton #roughwednesday #roughdays

This Easter Bunny is late. ⏰ #rabbitlife #laterabbit #lino #linoprint #linogravure #linoprinting #printmakinglife #printmakingart #whiterabbit

My inspiration. My Pépère (grandpa) sawing a few board. #familylife #grandpa #lino #linocutting #linoprint #linoprintmaking #linogravure #printmaking #printmakinglife

Vintage fire truck. #firetruck #linocut #linogravure #linocutting #linocutart #linocutfriends #printmakinglife #thursdayfeeling

Sad😪

This is how chocolate eggs are made, right? #printmaking #linogravure #linocutting #linocut #linocutart #chickenchocolateegg #thursdayvibes

12pt Bank Gothic Bold and 12pt Bank Gothic Medium. Designed in 1930-1933 by Morris F. Benton for ATF. Tested my patience but still manageable to sort. On to the next project, and I’m still going through the pain of 6pt Bank Gothic Light and 6pt Gothic Bold #bankgothic #letterpressisnotdead

24pt News Gothic all sorted. A nice and simple sans-serif typeface. News Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton and released by ATF in 1908. #letterpress #letterpressisnotdead #letterpresslove #typefaces #newsgothictypeface #newsgothicfont #atf #morrisfullerbenton

A very nice 24pt Goudy Cursive. Designed by Frederic W. Goudy in 1916. #goudytypeface #goudytype #goudytypefamily #letterpressisnotdead #letterpresslove #letterpressprint

Sunday vibes. The Great Gig in the Sky. #lino #linogravure #linocut #linocutprint #linocutprintmaking #sundaymood☀️

Copperplate Gothic is a typeface designed by Frederic W. Goudy beginning in the early 1900s. #copperplate typeface #copperplategothic #typeface #goudy #letterpressisnotdead #letterpress

Not sure I will need foil any time soon… Better start some projects. I have more than just this milk crate…#hotfoil #hotfoilstamping #hotfoilstampingmachines #sundayfunday #bookbindingfoils

Left over cardstock paper and some davey board/chip board - This call for a quick open end Coptic stitch book. #tuesdayvibes #copticstitch #copticstitchbinding #papercrafting #bookbinding #music

I’m drawing this and all I could think of it’s skating the Rideau Canal and The Log Driver’s Waltz. #logdriverswaltz #skatingrideaucanal #printmaking #lino #linocut #linodesign #linoleum #drawingsketch #tuesdayvibes

A very small 12pt Weiss and Italic, Mac McGrew in American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century said “Weiss and Italic were cut by Intertype in 1935, as copies of the same face as designed by E.R. Weiss and cast by the Bauer Type Foundry in Germany.

Mystery solved!!! Initially identified as Carnival 30pt is in fact Trafton Script 30pt, such a beautiful typefaces. Designed by Howard Allen Trafton, New York artist and designer, in 1933, and cut by Bauer Type Foundry in Germany.

My drawing and next linocut - Évangéline “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” first published in 1847, is a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem helped to make the tragic story of the Deportation of the Acadians known to the whole world.

Another good addition to my collection. 36 pt Granby Light. This is a sans-serif typeface designed and released by the Stephenson Blake type foundry in 1930.#typeface #stephensonblake #letterpress #letterpressisnotdead #letterpresslove