I’m doing a series of broadsides to experiment with my press, type treatments, and various printing methods. I have a gallery of all my finished prints and broadsides on my website.
| This is my letterpress printer, an 8×12 Chandler and Price old style platen press. It’s from the 1890s and operated by a foot treadle. When I had it in the garage a friend of Harold’s stopped by and as he was admiring the press said “Hmm, wasn’t the guy who invented printing called Guggenheim?”. Well, no, it was Guttenberg. But the name stuck and that’s what we call my press now. |
I’m a letterpress printer and bookbinder and live in Northern California. Last year I letterpress printed my first broadside, a 5×7 calendar as my holiday card. My friend Cathy suggested that I try making larger broadsides. The purpose of this blog is to record my experiments.