WARNING: LETTERPRESS LIVE IS A LIQUID PROJECT. EXPECT COMPLICATIONS & PROBLEMS. But it is also free.

Today’s plan: Print the colophon for the annual APHA members’ calendar, then likely start “double-wire” binding them. May also clean the press after printing by pulling a few “ink pulls.”

Printing today assumes our photopolymer plates arrive on time. We also need to cut chipboard for the colophon before printing, which we’ll do right after lunch. Additionally, Jill is packing metal type to sell at the Lancaster Printer’s Fair on Saturday, September 19th.

The basic idea of “Letterpress Live” is that when we BELIEVE we will be prepared to letterpress a Lead Graffiti project, we will post it on our website calendar with as much advance notice as we can. I’ll try to wake up each morning and ask myself, “Are we prepared to print today?” At best, it is likely only 1 or 2 days’ notice. As lunch is a sacred time for us, printing will likely be in the early afternoon. We also tire easily.

If you're interested, you are welcome to come unannounced and unscheduled to watch, talk, and ask questions about the letterpress process in action. Be careful. We may get you involved. The address is 120A Sandy Drive, Newark, DE. Please park as close as possible to our studio door (clearly marked). If there are no spaces, feel free to park behind the car with the Delaware plate number 605566.

You might email us if you are coming, but it isn’t necessary. With or without you, we'll try to print at the scheduled time.

See Vandercook workshop for information.

See our sign-up page to register and pay.

Finished APHA 2027 calendar pages due to Lead Graffiti.

120A Sandy Drive
Newark, DE 19711

170 copies

Meeting focus: Cyanotype photographic technique with Courtney Christensen.

Courtney will be bringing some objects for everyone to use to create their prints, but if there is anything in your homes or gardens that you would like to experiment with, feel free to bring it with you. I will also be bringing all the glass, clips, and backing pieces that I have, but I cannot guarantee enough for everyone, so if you would like to participate, please bring those supplies as well. I have included pictures of example clamps below.

Courtney will be providing all the paper and solutions we will need for this demo.

If you have any questions, please contact her at courttaylorc@gmail.com or (435) 374-7842.

Monthly ZOOM meeting open to APHA members and other letterpress printers who just want the opportunity to talk about their current letterpress experiences. The meeting lasts as long as there is a talker and a listener. If you aren’t APHA (American Printing History Association) and are interested, email Ray Nichols.

Meeting focus: Jill Cypher will demo some equipment options available at Lead Graffiti that you may not know we have. A few examples included: Morgana creaser, board shears, Rosbach perforator, Chandler & Price die-cutting, laser cutter, paper hole punch, and double-wire-binding perforator. No fee.

Regular monthly meeting of members of Upper Chesapeake Book Arts.

ANNE HESSEL will be showing her new bookwork, which incorporates working leaves into the composition.

Dec 31-Jan 17, 2026: Kaveeta-Vinya Kumar

Tues | Wed | Thurs | Sat | 12–4pm
Fri | 12–8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday

The monthly meeting of Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will be he at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda: Score, fold, collate, and glue each collaborative book.

We will likely have to wait a whole day to make sure the glue is completely dry.

The monthly meeting of Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will be he at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda: Score, fold, collate, and glue each collaborative book.

We will likely have to wait a whole day to make sure the glue is completely dry.

Helped two members of UCBA print a split fountain for their “TREES” page from 10 am until about 3 pm. Great fun, and their page turned out great. You’ll see it sometime soon after November 17, when we start binding the collaborative books by 15 members of our group.

Oct 19-Nov 21. Greater Newark Plein Air Photography Challenge. Up to four images are to be submitted 9/1 to 9/12 digitally. Notifications from jury on 9/21 Event Chair: David Shoemaker drop off for accepted framed Photos on Friday Oct. 17 & Saturday Oct.18. Reception Nov.14, 6-8 pm.

Tues | Wed | Thurs | Sat | 12–4pm
Fri | 12–8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday

The monthly meeting of Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will be held at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening: Annual Book Exchange

At the October meeting, brown bags will be distributed, into which the contributing artists will place their books for exchange. We’ll mark our bags with a symbol, not your initials, so as not to select your own book at the exchange. Your book must have content, such as images, text, drawings, etc. No blank books. Seal the bag with staples. Use a unique mark on the bag, so you don’t pick your own.

How the exchange works:

• All bags will be placed in the center of our Vanderecook Universal III.

• Each participant will draw a number to determine the order for selecting a bag.

• Starting with # 1 a book will be chosen. The person who drew #2 will go next and so on.

• Once all the bags have been chosen, they will be opened, and the book will be shared with the group in the order it was selected.

• The artist is invited to make comments on their contribution.

• The books will be placed on the table so all the participants can take a look.

See the top of page 1 of this website. Ray will be printing a page for a UCBA collaborative book in the studio. The printing experience will be available for interested participants from 9:30 to 11:30 and 1:00 to 3:00. We’ll go to lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 at Amalfi’s. The letterpress part is free.

See the top of page 1 of this website. Ray will be printing a page for a UCBA collaborative book in the studio. The printing experience will be available for interested participants from 9:30 to 11:30 and 1:00 to 3:00. We’ll go to lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 at Amalfi’s. The letterpress part is free.

See the top of page 1 of this website. Ray will be printing a page for a UCBA collaborative book in the studio. The printing experience will be available for interested participants from 9:30 to 11:30 and 1:00 to 3:00. We’ll go to lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 at Amalfi’s. The letterpress part is free.

See the top of page 1 of this website. Ray will be printing a page for a UCBA collaborative book in the studio, and it will be available for visitors from 9:30 to 11:30 and 1:00 to 3:00. We’ll go to lunch from 11:30 to 1:00 at Amalfi’s. The letterpress part is free.

Sept 23-Oct 17. Ascending Artists: A Focus on New Talent of the Newark Art Scene. Artwork by Natalie Schmidt, Khamari Smith, and Isaura Lopez Valdez. Reception Oct 10, 6-8 pm.

Tues | Wed | Thurs | Sat | 12–4pm
Fri | 12–8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday

Monthly meeting of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening:

Monthly meeting of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening:

Aug 19-Sept 20. By the Book. Artwork inspired by or created from Novels. Juror: Bill Buck All media accepted. Submissions Friday

Tues | Wed | Thurs | Sat | 12–4pm
Fri | 12–8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday

Monthly meeting of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening:

June 24-July 19. Recycled; Repurposed; Reimagined. Collage, assemblage, constructions of used materials, all media. Juror: Maggie Chreshkoff Submissions Friday June 20 & Sat. June 21. Reception July 11, 6-8 pm.

Tues | Wed | Thurs | Sat | 12–4pm
Fri | 12–8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday

Monthly meeting of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts will meet at Lead Graffiti (120A Sandy Drive, Newark). If you are interested in bookmaking and the book arts, please drop by and see what’s happening. There is free parking and snacks. Enter the parking lot door.

Agenda for the evening:

Saturday, June 14
2 – 4pm
South College Avenue & West Main Street
Outside Old College at UD
Newark, DE 19711

Get ready for a big day of national protest on June 14th! A parking map is available at www.IndivisibleNewarkDE.org. Please be conscious of where you park, and leave closer spots for people who use a wheelchair, a walker, etc.

We are coordinating a food drive at this protest to support the Delaware Food Bank! Look for the black pickup truck with the Food Bank signs right at S College and W Main!

There is an optional 1.5 mile march.