Boston-Based Printing & Instruction in the Antique Art of Letterpress
It’s been a wild six months, and some of the early organizing decisions are starting to shake out after enough time using the space. I covered the window, put up shelving, and pulled the industrial shelf out and set it on casters. This looks like a good start!
Got more ornaments in, got more tympans in, got more Airport Black in. Lots of stuff came in over the holidays! Once nice thing, a skull and crossbones ornament suitable for your piratical printing needs
Next on the agenda — finding cases to put 40 pounds of Airport Black in various sizes. Here’s all the boxes it took to get it to me:
In the next couple weeks I’ll be putting up shelves and rearranging a bit to see if we can squeeze everything plus the Golding Jobber 7 into a more harmonious arrangement!
Last weekend was a great time at Reflex, we had a prep class for people interested in renting the space, and workshop with a Jewish congregation to print the antique Hebrew wood type they have. Just a couple of pics of the festivities.
Some pics from Friday, when we moved in a Golding Jobber No 7 platen press. This will be used for production and classes, but first needs to be motorized and tweaked.
Last week was the first weekend, and this week is the last weekend, for the Stove Factory Open Studios in Charlestown, at 523 Medford St. There’s art in the gallery downstairs, and I’ll be teaching classes on Saturday and having a guest artist staffing the space on Sunday. Here are some pics from last weekend!
Just a quick note to remind everyone that the Stove Factory building in Charlestown, 523 Medford Street, is having Open Studios both this Saturday and Sunday and next Saturday and Sunday. Come out to see the members’ show in the gallery, and come up to the second floor to check out Reflex Letterpress and other artists’ studios!
I just completed a really nice piece, figured I’d post it here. This is two-colors, PANTONE 709 and Cool Gray 6 on both sides, printed on Lettra 110#. Paper size 16″ x 8″, folded to 8″ x 8″. Lovely stuff.
Finally updated some older artwork for the California Job Case layout schematic and an example of proper typesetting for the new space. Maybe come on in to take a class or set some type and see them in person!
Got a nice collection of 18pt Stymie in last week, and I was able to get it distributed and ready to use. I’ll throw in a gratuitous shot from the class last weekend, reminding people that learning letterpress is merely a click away.
I’ve been having a fun time on eBay finding printing blocks, and not only holiday-themed cuts for the upcoming Albertine class on November 10th. If you’re not in the mood for a dreidel or turkey, perhaps a filing cabinet or abacus would be more your speed?
