Positioning a large wood type “A” in exactly the right spot. (Ray Nichols)

Jamie Mahoney & Dianne L. Roman: “Druksels on the Hand Press: Experimental Printing Based on the Work of H.N. Werkman”

1-4 pm thursday, october 22

For our afternoon workshop session, we went to the Rochester Arts Center for a wonderful hands-on letterpress experience based on the work of H.N. Werkman. Werkman was a printer in the Dutch province of Groningen. His biography is a sad one of losing almost all of his work in a bombing raid and being executed by the Gestapo a mere three days before Groningen was liberated. [Read more]