[image description: photos of a small 4x4 inch letterpress print. text adapted from dictionary definitions of “milk teeth,” temporary, deciduous teeth in young mammals; and “deciduous,” 1. shed at a certain stage of the life cycle. 2. ephemeral, transient. the print also has the small shape of a tooth cut out of the sheet. Photos also of the forme of relief handset type used to print the text, where every letter and space is an individual piece assembled by hand, the small cutting die used to punch out the shape of the tooth, and all the little paper teeth removed from the prints, as little half-inch tooth confetti. End description.]
Had these as little die cutting demos at the Tacoma Wayzgoose last week but there’s a stack leftover so I finished them out! Related to some other stuff I’ve done, obviously. Sort of a series of studies for a bigger project I’m slowly pulling together. If you want the removed tooth along with the print there’s a button for that :)
Etsy
Set in Caslon 471
