Sunday, September 13, 2009

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:

Fabric Nation said...

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!!

littlemithi said...

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?

Fabric Nation said...

really exciting!!