WOOD TYPE ARCHAEOLOGY

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Archaeological study of the die-stamping machine (pictured at right), which the Hamilton Manufacturing Company in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, used to produce decorative wood type border elements.

Initial experimental archaeology work, begun in 2015, focused on the machine's mode of operation and the mechanically situated form of work it entailed. The study's focus has since shifted to the reproduction of historic border designs and the production of new border designs.

"Wave Border," designed by Daniel Schneider, was the first new border design to be manufactured with the die-stamping machine since the 1940s or earlier.

Aspects of the study and border production have been documented in blog posts on the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum's web site:

"Wave Border"
"The Archaeological Experiment"
"Motive Power"
"Drawing a Machine"