adventures in letterpress

our little letterpress is teaching us a thing or two. patience for one. we've had fun over the last week and a half "playing" on our machine. up until Saturday night, we were spinning the wheel by hand. Then, my very handy dad came over and wired the motor and now it is like it is on steroids. we figured out how to slow it down and printed a few things tonight. I'll keep posting pics as we make more!

back to school we go...

Ben and I had a blast this last week learning all kinds of things about printing and the art of letterpress. We went on a little road trip to Chicago for a class that was 4 days long from 10-5:30 each day. The first day we talked about different methods, equipment, and techniques. We also did our artwork to have film made and placed our paper order for the week.

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th days we printed independently and could ask our instructor questions as we worked. Needless to say, OLIVER'S TWIST IS NOW OFFERING LETTERPRESS!

Our press was delivered last week and we are so excited to get started.