My new tool in the studio

 





This is the Zen toolworks 12" x 12" cnc (computer numerical control) router, 

I got and put together this year. The "Bomb" and "Eye" prints were machined from 3/4" poplar blocks. I still 

hand-printed the prints on my Washington iron hand press. I am continuing to hand carve prints, like the Primus

 poster and am looking forward to the new techniques this new machine will allow me to use. As a letterpress printer,

  I feel like much of my work has been dedicated to a Nineteenth Century way of doing things. The router has jumped 

  my studio ahead a few decades and maybe a century. Hold on folks, it's getting downright speedy around here.

  
  Thanks,
  
  Jim