Adana Letterpress Induction

An introduction into the Adana flatbed press: I had never done letterpress before this induction, although I knew the basics of how the machines worked and how to set up a chase. I chose to press a quote from the artist Jenny Holzer, and setting the metal type was a relatively quick process, but getting the type to stay in the chase was a lot more difficult. The print itself was very successful, with the exception of the letter 'T' at the beginning of the last line. However, I liked the way the half printed letter created a different texture to the rest of the print, and shows that accidents when letterpress printing often turn out better than a straight clean print.