Green Bean Machine

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So a couple weekends ago, I took my first letterpress class at Center for the Book. I had originally tried to get into Letterpress I, but I ended up taking a class that focused on tabletop platen presses. As I had anticipated, letterpress is my new favorite thing.

We learned to set type, arrange furniture, lock up the chase—all those time-consuming elements of print that are no longer needed with the advent of new printing technology. But it is oh so fun.

The instructor I had was really super. Her name is Susan Angebranndt, and she runs Green Chair Press.

 

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