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Category Archives: Ephemera
Gears and Pulleys, Ball-bearings and Bolts
A window into the soul of a Heidelberg offset press.
Hidden in a press
This relic was found in our Vandercook Universal 1. The International Typographic Composition Association was founded in 1920, renamed Typographers International Association in 1980 and in 1996 merged into the Graphic Arts Professional Association.
Big Blue
To most people, this may look like a menacing instrument. However others knowledgeable about Heidelberg’s mighty SBB cylinder press will recognize a demure sheet-holding finger that helps paper feed through the press.
Found a new friend!
Found this fella gazing out from the left side of a Heidelberg windmill 10 x 15. This creature seems to be part machine, part giraffe, part rhinoceros, a serious but friendly cuddler. 
Creativity in the muck
This is where inky washup trays get cleaned as we change colors. Somehow the mess is fascinating with all the different colors making an explosive rainbow.
Endless Diecutting
This mesmerizing stack is what was left over after diecutting square coasters. What a splendid pattern leading into a dark infinite middle!
Makes Common Sense
Have you heard of the Letterpress Commons? Boxcar Press has been a leader in getting this incredible online resource up and running. It is a wikipedia-type site where users may post articles about all things letterpress such as choosing a press, doing makeready, experimental printing, types of ink and so much MORE! Anyone can write articles or add on to what is already there. With this vast, unlimited resource of knowledge, there is no reason we can’t all be letterpressing!
Springtime is in the Air!
Pat’s magic letterpress bamboo plant has been growing mightily, fed by the sweet clanking of our presses and daylight bulbs overhead.
The rollers on the press go round and round
While in process of cleaning this Heidelberg windmill press, one cannot help but be struck by the fine engineering of the many MANY tiny parts and how they all fit precisely together. Not bad for mid-20th century pre-computerized production!