Where is PRESS? PRESS is now on the MOVE! In the past year we moved the Vandercook down the road into the newly renovated Bowman Hall on the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’s campus (MCLA). We replaced the Vandercook’s motor, launched our PRESS on the Move initiative, partnered with students in MCLA Professor Frances Jones-Sneed’s class Women, … Continue reading
I went to visit my sister in Germany, as a close to my amazing Italian adventure, the one where I spent six weeks at the Scuola Internazionale di Graficia. And my sister kindly asked me what I hoped to do while visiting. Without missing a beat, I told her I wanted to visit Johannes Gutenberg’s birthplace, … Continue reading
What an amazing day! If you subscribe to our mailing list and read our newsletters, you might remember that I am in Italy right now. (If you don’t subscribe to our mailing list, and you want to hear our latest news go here to sign up.) I have a six-week residency at the Scuola Internazionale di … Continue reading
I am delighted to have PRESS calendars and postcards at the Northampton Book Fair this weekend. If you live in the Pioneer Valley or the surrounding towns, come on by to pick one up, check out some of the work printed under my own imprint 29 PRESS, and see Liminality artist Valerie Carrigan and her new … Continue reading
PRESS is delighted to celebrate the release of the 2016 annual Monthly Mantra calendar at a preview party in the new letterpress space on MCLA’s campus, in Room 303 Bowman Hall, on Wednesday December 2 from 5-7 pm. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. This year’s calendar is … Continue reading
I am so inspired by Star Shaped Press initial letters. I saw one in a recent issue of Uppercase Magazine, and wanted to try it myself. My dad has been wanting me to make something for my mom, so today, a mere few days from Mother’s Day I decided to try my hand at making my … Continue reading
If you don’t already know about The Itinerant Printer, please check out his website. Chris Fritton is a letterpress printer from Buffalo, NY, who used to run the shop at Western New York Book Arts Center. He is about to embark on a trip to visit letterpress printshops across the US. I am hoping to … Continue reading
We are so excited to reach the halfway point in sales of our calendar. We are significantly ahead of where we were at this point last year. If you haven’t ordered your calendar yet, we think you should do so today! Click this link: 2015Mantra Calendar download the order form and send in your check today. Continue reading
Today was an exciting day up here in Rochester! My school, RIT, has an absolutely fabulous graphic arts library, the Cary Collection. In January, the collection welcomed a major acquisition in the form of what is now known as the Kelmscott-Albion press, dating back to 1891. An Albion press is an early hand press used primarily … Continue reading
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