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

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!

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.

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.

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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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.

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!

Kerrytown Bookfest 2013

The 11th Annual Kerrytown Bookfest of Ann Arbor was held on September 8 and the Michigan Letterpress Guild was there to share the letterpress love.

Phil Driscoll and Arie Koelewyn working the crowd.

Arie Koelewyn set the type and printed a bookmark for people to then complete with a sweet pink sheep on his Golding press while Phil Driscoll engaged visitors with information of the basics of letterpress printing using and showing some of the tools used.

Jim Horton printed a two color cover for a booklet of children's poetry which was then bound by volunteers and given gratis to Bookfest attendees.

Jim Horton printing.

In the background is Amos Kennedy helping people to print a postcard of his own design.

Rumor has it that Jim Horton will be hosting the next Michigan Letterpress Guild meeting at boundedition so keep a look out in your mail box (the real one, not the virtual one) and the information will be here as well.

Spring 2013 Meeting

The Spring 2013 meeting of the

Michigan Letterpress Guild

will take place on May 11

at 1:00 p.m.

at the home and printshop of former member

John Moran

Muskegon, MI

John passed away this past Easter before we could set a date for a meeting where he planned to sell much of his extensive printshop to MLG members. His family has decided to go ahead with the meeting and the sale.

John had already arranged for the sale of his presses and the Ludlow and matrices, but there's still a large collection of type, a really nice paper cutter and all the other accoutrements found in a well used printshop.

Those of you who had the opportunity to visit John's shop saw first hand the lengths he went to see that everything was in tip-top shape. If you haven't, take our word for it: Everything is in A-1 condition. You don't want to miss this meeting!