Holy Adana!?!
Years of keeping eyes peeled (well actually Sunshine spotted it...) at charity shops/reclaimers/ebay etc have finally lead to a dream find... let me introduce you to the latest addition to the family: "Adony" (that's what Sunshine keeps calling it!) - a vintage Adana 8x5 in fully working order. We've de-gunk-ified and got all the parts oiled and moving. Need to invest in some rollers, ink, and type/image plates ... and we shall be in letterpress heaven! Wow-wee!!!
Note: It's tabletop sized - looks a bit big because of the angle the photo's been taken in ... See pic below of Sunshine reassembling it:
3 comments:
oh my word! oh my letter pressed word! that is so exciting! Can't wait to see what you make. Can I come up with xtina and learn how to do it!!
Course you can! ... once I work out myself how to use it ...
Have ordered rollers (more expensive than the machine ...). Thinking about making flexoplates at college when term starts in a week or so as I'm not as inteterested in type ... also will get a chance to talk to college print tutors for some help (and ink and stuff) coz I'm not sure what I'm doing ... YIKES!
But how exciting, eh?
really exciting!!
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