Letterpress Love…

Nov 25th, 2007 | By Gidget | Category: Blogroll, Machines, Printing

While looking online, for the picture of the sweater pattern I’m knitting from an older issue of Creative Knitting magazine, I ran into another knitster’s blog, Creative Swoon. I love that name! Scrolling the older posts, a picture of typeface caught my eye….. and the video recommended, caught my heart. The caption was simply Letterpress love! and here is the video of what made Creative Swoon – swoon

And here is a picture of the love of my life. A showcase proofing press I picked up in Warm Springs, Ga.

Letterpresses hold, for me, secret thoughts, desires, mistakes, elations – a sort of communion of creative thought, if you will. A thought which has taken a great deal of time to express itself. Something that is unattainable by any other means.

I had a much larger Vandercook once, it took six guys to get it into my basement. For a myriad of reasons, I was unable to keep it and donated it instead to my printmaking teacher for the school – as long as he moved it. Still I miss all the artwork that was in my mind to be printed on that press and that loss never leaves, every bit as much as memories of other loved ones. So, this little proofing press follows me from house to house, in hopes that one day she will be producing much more. Thanks for the quiet sidetrack there to admire a true lover of type.

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  1. Sam Lott December 16th, 2007 6:38 am :

    Gidget,

    I can’t find an email address for you on this site, so all I know to do is post a reply to one of the topics.

    Do you remember me, from Arbor Station? I haven’t seen you or your family since 1983, when I was visiting from Texas.

    I’ve read most of your stuff just out of curiousity, and must say, you have become quite a spiritual person, creative, and productive. I’m happy to see that of a childhood friend.

    Your mother was very special to me, also, your brother Kelly and I were fairly good friends. I was always welcomed into your home, and felt safe and respected there.

    Is big brother Pat still married to Debbie?

    Wow, time flies. Im 44 now. We met when we were, 14, I think???

    Hope you get this, and hope I get news of the Ohara family.

    Sam

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