Hope you all are doing wonderful. I have enjoyed hearing your updates! Time for mine: We moved to Audubon (a.k.a., the farm) in May. We've spent the last month unpacking and working on the house. It will be a work in progress for many years, but it is so fun to be here. We moved during the most beautiful time of year. We also got a puppy, Moses, which is a fun addition to our home.
A couple of weeks ago we finally decided to go pick up Patty Price, my new C&P 10x15, in Omaha. It was an interesting day. (Ofcourse moving anything involving letterpress adds a little excitement/stress to a day.) Our only trailer is a 32' livestock trailer which we hauled through downtown Omaha in rush-hour traffic on a friday night. We had to haul 60 drawers of type across a busy street, and block part of the street to get the press in the back. But, alas, it's home!! It feels good to have it in the garage. (It was much easier to get it out of the trailer than into it...you'll see from photos.) I know John won't support me on this, but we will be moving it into our basement soon, but we have to disassemble it a bit to get it through our door. I spent a day last week cleaning the press. As I was cleaning it I was wondering how old the ink was that I was scraping off. You can look at photos of the press on my flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21493721@N06/
I'll keep you posted on my adventures with Patty. I'm sure there will be many!
Wow, impressive Meg. So happy you have a platen press!! I loved the pictures and I loved that you named the press. I always wanted to name the little vandercooks in the Penland studio but John told me come up with names and I got terrible writer's block.
ReplyDeleteIs everybody getting platen presses? Welcome Meg! I'm a bit startled that you bought a press. Now two of you, that I know of, own platen presses. Maybe I should have taught ya'll my course on platen press operation. I like the overkill on the trailer and the skid steer to load the press. Sounds like a moving adventure. The first of many I hope. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteAnother basement print shop!! Aghhhhhhh!
And a very cute puppy.
Oh, and they're type cases not drawers.
I know. I'm going to need to find some help on proper operation of my platen press...mainly so I don't take my hand off. :) Thanks for your correction: type cases. :) John, Do you use your platen press often?
ReplyDeleteHey Meg!!! Congrats on the press! I loved the pics - anyone looking at them can surely sense the excitement involved getting it over to your home... especially the one of you holding the type case. :) I'm looking forward to seeing what you create!
ReplyDeleteThe pupadoo is adorable. Lots of squooshes going on over there I'm sure.
Glad the move to Audubon went well!