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Trail Log Project
letterpress + digital print bound booklets
2021
I started this project a couple of years ago fully on the letterpress
and I finished it recently as a fourth edition with parts done on the letterpress and part digitally.
The idea was to have a place to house details about a trailhead or
hike that I had already done. Also, I was tired of typing out detailed instructions in order to share these spots with my friends. I decided
to use the letterpress studio to create a small booklet to house the hike list.
I came up with some ideas for critical information: Length of the hike, a scale of difficulty, water source, trailhead location, etc. and got to work. The front cover is a block print that I print on every front and back cover of the trail logs. For the final and fourth version, the inside is a digital print. I also included some letterpressed information that I felt was important. A call to action: Leave No Trace and a reminder: Uphill hikers have right of way. Hopefully this will make each trail a better place.
The booklet with writing shown is a first edition. The booklets with the purple printed text and green interior text are newer editions.


Inside spread of the trail log. When I made the first edition fully on the letterpress, I found the grey printed background didn't hold ink very well, and some inks bled while others sat on the background and faded quickly. Because I want these to last a long time, I decided to print the insides digitally.


Process: printing the inside cover on the SP 15


Process: scoring, folding, and binding the printed Trail Logs
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