Ricarda and Merla WWOOFers from Germany

Ricarda shows the print she has just peeled off the Imperial Press (1828).
The Imperial Bookbinding blocking press is on the left of the studio.

Allison's ducklings

Allison walks down to the ducklings and mother duck in the park beside Te Papa.
The 9 duckings were very young, probably just hatched today. Mother duck wasn't too worried but just kept her distance while John was up on the bridge taking photographs for Leo's book.

Ruby and John Clark's cat.

Poppies - Iconic Feilding bookshop

Piikea Clark buys a beautiful book on printmaking and a history of music recording in New Zealand from Tania. Poppies Bookshop has just won the 'North Island Bookseller of the year' prize through the efforts of Tania Gunn and mastermind Margaret Kouvelis.
Homeprint (John) has just handprinted letterpress onto 500 small and 500 large brown paperbags with the added line 'N.I. Bookseller of the Year 2010'.

Table Top Albion Press 1872

The Albion is put to good use when large groups of students or tourists are visiting to have some 'Hands On' printing. I teach how to set wood type in a galley, lock up with hemple quoins, ink up with a roller and waterbased ink ( I don't trust first timers not to get ink on themselves) then pull a few prints from the Albion flat bed or the Imperial Press flat bed.

Leo Brebner

Leo plays a game with Grandad John, Yeye, with Teddy on Leo's first birthday.

Caffe Laffare.

Ummm the smell of freshly roasted coffee a few blocks walk from UR. I called in to buy my second kilo of freshly ground decaffeinated coffee, may not have the kick but has the taste and the aroma!