November 28, 2014

Winter 2014 Meeting


The Winter Meeting
of the
Michigan Letterpress Guild

December 6, 2014
at 1:00 p.m.
at the home and shop of
Joe Warren
Lansing, MI

We will be assembling our annual book. Please make your pages 4.5 inches by 6.25 inches and bring 60 copies.

Hope to see you there!


April 4, 2014

Spring 2014 Meeting


The Spring Meeting
of the
Michigan Letterpress Guild
will be held at
Dan Celani's Print Shop
in Capac, MI

Saturday, April 12
noon to 4 p.m.






This will be a joint meeting with the Monks and Friars of Metro Detroit, so if you are not familiar with this group, this is a great opportunity to find out what they're all about and meet new people with a shared enthusiasm for letterpress printing.

If you need even more incentive, there will be a cheese and meat deli platter along with coffee and tea to indulge in.

For additional information or directions, please send a message with the "Need more information?" widget on the left side of the page.

Please come join us!

January 26, 2014

2013 Brayer and Bodkin

At long last, here are the scans of the 2013 Brayer and Bodkin. As with all scans, they don't really do justice to the fine letterpress printing of our members but it is still an opportunity to enjoy their creativity. (Click on the image to see it larger or to embiggen it, for The Simpsons fans.) Enjoy!

cover by Arie Koelewyn

Julie Larson

Dan Celani

Jim Horton

Joe Warren

Arie Koelewyn (recto)

Arie Koelewyn (verso)

Dan Celani

Joe Warren

Joe Warren

Rachel Beyer

Phil Huston

Phil Huston





January 6, 2014

Announcement and Pictures from Winter meeting

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dan Celani has taken over the management of the Michigan Letterpress Guild mailing list. If your mailing address has changed (or will change), please contact Dan at celani100(at)aol(dot)com. This information has also been added to the right sidebar so you don't have to go looking for this post in the future. Thanks, Dan, for taking over and thanks, Arie, for your previous service.



PICTURES FROM THE WINTER MEETING

"souvenir" napkin printed by host Phil Huston

front of the Print Shop at Eaton Rapids Historical Society

enjoying the food and letterpress equipment













some items printed at the Eaton Rapid Historical Society Print Shop

vintage bowling score sheet form (take that, photopolymer!)

proof (?) print of above form

Stay tuned for the scans of the 2013 Brayer and Bodkin!


December 1, 2013

Winter 2013 Meeting


The Winter meeting will be on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the Holmes Print Shop of the Eaton Rapids Historical Society.

Picture
Eaton Rapids, Home of Horner Woolens (picture from Eaton Rapids Historical Society web site)

The meeting will take place at The Miller Dairy Farm at 635 State St. in Eaton Rapids, MI. You can take M-99 or M-50 to Eaton Rapids. Watch for Miller Dairy Farm on the North side of the road. If you get to the High School, you have gone too far.

Picture
Photo of The Miller Dairy Farm #1 of the Eaton Rapids Historical Society by Deb Malewski (also taken from Eaton Rapids Historical Society web site)

We will be assembling our annual book. Please make your 60 pages 4.5 inches by 6.25 inches.



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November 24, 2013

Pictures from Fall Meeting







 Jim Horton giving short lesson and demo on wood engraving.

Jim showing proper wood engraving form.

Close up of laser cut wood engraving. 

Close up of hand carved wood engraving. No, really. 


Souvenir take away.

October 15, 2013

Fall 2013 Meeting

Jim Horton will be hosting the next meeting of the Michigan Letterpress Guild. It will be on Saturday, October 19 at 1:00 p.m. at boundedition in Ann Arbor. boundedition is located in the Airport Plaza Business Park, near the corner of Ellsworth and State. The address is 3765 Plaza Dr. Take the State St. exit from I-94 and head south on State St.

The meeting is open to everyone interested in letterpress printing so please join us!