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       FINE LETTERPRESS & INTAGLIO PRINTING                                   Celebrating 20 years of making books
Chad Pastotnik, Proprietor 
Established 1992

 

 

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NESTLED in the forest along the banks of the Cedar River in Northern Michigan’s Antrim County, Deep Wood Press has continued the centuries old tradition of hand crafted printed items, bindings and book matter. With a foundation in fine art and a careful attention to craftsmanship and detail the end result is more than a vehicle for information.

Our books are printed via letterpress on fine papers and illustrated alongside quality artwork from original wood engravings, lino cuts and intaglio prints created by gifted artists. These sheets are then bound by hand in traditional and contemporary book structures to please the eye as well as the mind – which we endeavor to impress as carefully as our papers.



Judith Minty, Killing the Bear

Regular edition of Killing the Bear by Judith Minty

2/2012
New and recent Books: 
  • Killing the Bear, by Judith Minty. Minty’s deeply felt, archetypal tale of confronting wild nature and self, Killing the Bear has never before been published on its own. With a foreword by Anne-Marie Oomen and wood engravings by Glenn Wolff.
  • There Be Monsters, by Chad Pastotnik. A little fable about how to walk in the woods. While my little story is short and sweet it does have an interesting plot twist. Featuring a six color linoleum cut and hand color work on that and a wood engraving also by Chad Pastotnik.
  • The Changeling's Exile, by Gerard Wozek. A long poem of an anguished soul lamenting his unfortunate switch at birth by the faerie folk. Accompanied with a copper engraving by Chad Pastotnik.
  • The Frogs Who Wished A King, Aesop's, versified by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates (1873). A childrens book, of sorts, with five intaglio prints by Chad Pastotnik. 
  • Winter Walks, by Jerry Dennis with 8 wood engravings by Glenn Wolff. A short story with Jerrry's keen observations and reflections about wandering our Northern Michigans trails and backyards during our glorious, longish winters. - Sold Out
  • Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. A new edition heavily illustrated by Marc Castelli in a large format (9x12" page) and printed in 3 colors on Hahnemühle Biblio paper. Designed and produced for the Chester River Press and printed here at DWP. 



page spread, There Be Monsters























center spread with a 6 color linocut from There Be Monsters
                       Upcoming events:
2012

February 1st - Creative Writing Guest Readings, Jack Driscoll and Judith Minty - Debut for Killing the Bear. Interlochen, MI         7:30 pm

May 25th - Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, A reading by Judith Minty for the book Killing the Bear and also a book release for John Voelker's The Intruder. Kalamazoo, MI         7:00 pm

September - 10th Annual Kerrytown Bookfest in Ann Arbor. Chad will be speaking in the Hollander's School at 1:00 pm about his 20 years of Deep Wood Press.

October 2nd - Opening reception for a solo exhibition at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - 20 years of Deep Wood Press - more details to come.

2011

November 17th - ongoing - The Stumptown Printers Yea Big Tiny Prints. Portland, OR

September 3rd - October 11th - The Embem of My Work, The Laurence Stern Trust, Shandy Hall, Coxwald, Yorkshire - UK

September 11th - The 9th Annual Kerrytown Bookfest in Ann Arbor. Chad will be demonstrating intaglio printing. Stop by if you're in town and enjoy the fellowship of fine books and related arts.



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First page of text from The Frogs Who Wished A King. Engraving by Chad Pastotnik.


2/2012
News:  

  • Deep Wood Press has received permission to reproduce John Voelker's (Robert Traver) short piece The Intruder pulled from the pages of Trout Madness. Prepress continues.... Jim Westergard has done some wonderful wood engravings and a foreword has been written by Richard Vander Veen.
  • The engraving/mezzotint for The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde is coming along nicely. Hoping for a mid-summer release.
  • Chad Pastotnik won the 2010 Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design for his work on Heart of Darkness (Chester River Press). This indeed helped to prompt a lecturing tour in Northern England spear headed by Teesside University in Middlesbrough and ending with a talk at Chetham's Library in Manchester.


ForeWord Magazine blurb








Nice little blurb from the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of ForeWord Reviews magazine. Click here to see the full story.

























Kind words for Heart of Darkness:

"It is a splendid presentation and I have enjoyed it greatly. The presswork is exemplary as is the design. Marc Castelli's drawings are, frankly, masterful. All in all a mighty fine book. I salute you and your team on a superior project."                             
~  Barry Moser


Parenthesis 19, review: "What makes the design of the Chester River Press edition such a successful and superior book is its unpretentiousness and its typographic willingness to facilitate an uninhibited read of Conrad's visceral, morally ambiguous tale. The spartan yet subtly flexible architecture of the 100 meticulously crafted page-spreads offers a reading experience that is quietly contemplative and sublime yet is still imbued with a high level of gravitas. ...



"The text blocks provide a structural foundation out of which Mr. Castelli's sepia-rendered etchings emerge as unflinchingly objective, visually candid portrayals of this tale's most seminal moments. They interrupt the flow of the narrative just enough to afford the reader crucial opportunities to contemplate the themes that Conrad has woven into this novella."
Ernest Hemmingway's "Along with Youth
Above: Type set on a curve with circular quads to produce the title. Wood Engraving by Jim Horton.

Below: Printing the center throw-out for Conrad's Heart of Darkness on a Kelly 2 press at Seely's Printing Service in Charlevoix, MI. The sheet is 35.5x12", a little too big for any current press in possesion at DWP. That's Dale from Seely's running the beast and Chad at the delivery end.











Apprentice Position
  • 4/18/12: DWP has received a grant from the Begonia Charitable Foundation to pay for a full time apprentice position. The grant will cover an apartment in nearby Bellaire along with a small monthly stipend. This position has been listed on Briar Press, the CBAA, the Book Arts Classified and the usual listserves. This position will be available again this Fall/Winter 2012/13.



In addition to producing books and fine intaglio artwork we also take occasional pleasure in providing custom invitations, announcements, and industrial ephemera for customers.  Check out the Services Offered link to view samples and perhaps gather ideas for your own upcoming projects that we may assist with.




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