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.