Who hearts lettepress? On Saturday my friend Suzanne and I took an introductory class at Studio on the Square with Mindy Belloff of Intima Press.
What is it about letterpress?
One classmate said it was "delicious", another that in a world of flat screens and flat pages, it's nice to be able to feel something tactile and real.
OK, that second person was me, but still...
in just a few hours Mindy taught us about the history of the art and the incredible amount of detail and attention involved in setting type.
I always love seeing the tools behind the craftsmanship.
It was a little scary working the huge press, but Suzanne did a great job!
We definitely want to go back to get more practice and learn more.
But we were very happy with our first efforts!
You can go to Mindy's blog to see how how she recreated the Declaration of Independence -- all set by hand!
