Book Project

The linocut used in the card is part of a greater project which I had for three years now: A list of some of the old testament prophecies which were fulfilled in the new testament by Jesus. The original idea was to do it caligraphically with illuminations but when I got the printing press I decided to have a go at this.

So the text are the prophecies from the OT and the illustrations show the fullfillment in the new testament.

For the typeface I am using the Old English 26pt (it's the closest I could get to textura script). The woodcuts are replicas of real woodcuts from diverse medieval books. On another post I will explain the process I use to transfer them to the lino.

Xmas Card 2007

I have not posted here for a while now. I've been extremely busy with writing up my thesis, but I have been doing some stuff on the printing press lately.

For Xmas 2007 I made a card which I gave to friends. The card was quite simple and consisted of a linocut with the Archangel Gabriel and Mary and the sentence in Latin: "Ecce uirgo concipiet et pariet filium" (Behold the virgin shall concieve and have a child).