April
Mike Anderson donated the type and form of his 1733 Poor Richard Almanack page to the newly opened Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC.
Daniel De Simone was mentioned in the April 11, 2008 issue of the Washington Post as having traveled to France to purchase some of the volumes needed to complete Thomas Jefferson's Library of Congress collection.
March
Roland Hoover printed a wonderful chapter keepsake of the current 50 membership listing that has been distributed to all in the group. | directory
February
Ray Nichols was written up in the William Morris Society newsletter related to a visit to a Morris-inspired house which was the focus of a Morris Society meeting | online article
Chris Manson, proprietor of Crooked Crow Press, in Rockville, Maryland was written up in Vanderblog about his converting of his Universal III Power Vandercook to a hand-cranked press. He had a retired machinist make a collar extension to fit onto the bearing stub on the impression cylinder (photo 3). Onto this new bearing stub Chris attached a crank from a large Poco proof press. Note the notch that had to be cut out of the handle arm (photo 5). Currently, a set screw is the only means of holding the position of the crank collar on the new bearing stub.
January
Mike Denker, Chapter president, attended the National APHA Annual meeting at the New York Public Library in New York City on Saturday, January 26, 2008.
APHA / Chesapeake Chapter members Roland Hoover, Chris Manson, & Michael Denker will be teaching a Pyramid Atlantic workshop entitled "Letterpress Solutions."
May 10 & 11 from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
$220 (Pyramid Atlantic members: $205) · $45 materials fee
This class is limited to eight students only. Have you taken letterpress classes but you still run into problems that you don’t know how to solve. In this intermediate to advanced class learn advanced composition, color registrations, and how to make ready on the Vandercook. Also, the instructors will set-up several problem solving scenarios you may encounter while printing your letterpress project such as how to ink type at varying heights on the same form and how and when to hand ink. If you are working on a project bring your questions to class to discuss with these master printers. Students will make a four page French fold booklet combining type and imagery. Students should already know how to set type, ink, and operate the press.
December
Member Stan Nelson relayed this story to Stephen Saxe.
"At the end of May, I was flown to London by the BBC to participate in the filming of a television program on Gutenbeg's invention of printing with moveable type. This show, called 'The Machine that Made Us', focuses on efforts to better understand just what Gutenberg actually invented, with particular attention on the press. I showed the host of the show, the movie actor Stephen Fry [V is for Vendetta and the narrator for all of the Harry Potter films], traditional techniques of punchcutting and typecasting. Stephen (who is a descendent of the famous typefounders Fry) proved to be an apt pupil, and through the magic of film they cut a punch, struck a matrix, and cast copies of Gutenberg's lower-case p which then went into a forme of Theo Rehak's B-42 Bible type, set by Kitty Maryatt of Scripps College. This re-setting of a page of the Gutenberg Bible was printed on an experimental wooden press made by Alan May. This program will air sometime in 2008.
After filming in England, I traveled to Parma, Italy, with James Mosley to survey the type moulds of Giambatista Bodoni, the famous 18th century typographer. I organized the collection of moulds by size, and sorted out some misplaced pieces. During the second work day, I cast type from one of Bodoni's original moulds, using a matrix from the appropriate set of mats. As expected, the fine lines of Bodoni's design were demanding and hard to cast. Complicating matters, it was not practical to shake the mould, which is essential with such designs if one is to get a sharp face on the type. There is unbelievable material in this collection. Working with it, however briefly, was a wonderful experience that must be repeated — soon."
Members Ray Nichols & Jill Cypher have finished a year-long project designing the book Histories of Newark 1758-2008, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Newark, Delaware, the town they live in. The final book was 288 pages, hard cover with two foil stampings, full dust jacket, printed as duotones throughout the book, contains 150,000 words, 439 photos related to the town's history and a band of 1,409 photos of full length current citizen (7 picas tall) that runs across every page of the book. [photos]
November
Members Ray Nichols & Jill Cypher had five pieces of their letterpress work included in the book New Vintage Type by Steven Heller & Gail Anderson published in 2007. [details]
APHA / Chesapeake Chapter members
Mike Anderson | The At Random Press
Stuart Bradley | The Railway Station Press
David Clinger | Press of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever and Sandy Bottom News
Jill Cypher | Wallflowers Press
Bill Deering | Raven Press
Mike Denker | The Stoney Creek Press
Roland Hoover | The Pembroke Press
Mike Kaylor | Literary Press
Willard Lockwood | The Creekside Press
Chris Manson | Crooked Crow Press
Stan Nelson | The Atelier Press
Ray Nichols | Wallflowers Press
Jim Wilder | Wild Apple Press
participated in an APHA / Chesapeake Chapter members exhibition at the May Gallery, Mullen Library at the Catholc University of America in Washington, D.C. from November 5th - December 28th.
Click to see photos taken while hanging the exhibition on Saturday, November 3.
Click to see photos of the public opening on Thursday, November 8.
October
On Saturday, October 6, a group of APHA members gathered in New Castle, Delaware to visit Oak Knoll Books and Oak Knoll Fest XIV. [details]
Jill Cypher & Ray Nichols have installed an 1869 iron handpress in their new studio. [installation]
September
Chesapeake Chapter members Lenore Rouse and Ray Nichols made a phield trip to Jericho, Long Island on Saturday, September 15 to pick up a Pearl Press for The Catholic University of America. The press has a great story about its history and the printing experiences of 12-year old Bernie Willett who first started printing with the press. APHA / Chesapeake welcomes CUA to the hands-on world of letterpress. [details]
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Thoughts on Making Paper" about his process for handmaking his own paper in the September issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
August
Several APHA / Chesapeake Chapter members along with the William Morris Society gathered at the home of artist and landscape architect, Judy Hanks-Henn, for a tour of her William Morris-influenced home. [details]
Wallflowers Press has been looking for an iron handpress to serve as a centerpiece for their new studio. Well, they found it. [details]
Railway Station Press and APHA member Stuart Bradley was mentioned in the August issue of Virginia Living Magazine on page 19, along with three other letterpress printers. [details]
Ray Nichols was the art director on Food Always Brings People Together: Recipes, Poems and Stories from the New London Road Community, Newark, Delaware, abook was produced through a Material Culture Studies seminar taught by Bernard Herman and his class who did the research and design. The book received a Gold Medal from International Print & Mailing (IMPA).
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Lockup. Furniture? Quoins? HA! PLASTER OF PARIS!" about locking up odd arrangements of type in a chase in the August issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "'Baby' Has Arrived!" about his new tabletop Albion in the August issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
July
Jill Cypher and Ray Nichols have produced their first major commercial printing project out of their newly formed, Wallflowers Press. The job was total of 6,000 menus for Johnny Utah's which opened up just off Rockefeller Center in New York City. All handcranked on a Vandercook in 3 colors. 42 hours of PRINTING time. [menus]
June
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Making Your Own Polymer Plates" as a companion article to Stuart Bradley's in the June issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Stuart Bradley had an article entitled "Building your ultraviolet contact box" as a companion article to Mike Anderson's in the June issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
May
Stuart Bradley had an article entitled "Who defines ‘proper techniques’ when teaching letterpress?" in the May issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Mike Anderson had a book review for "A Field Guide to North American Hand Press-
es and Their Manufacturers" by Robert Oldham in the May issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Ray Nichols had an opinion included in the article entitled "Is eBay Good or Bad for Letterpress?" in the May issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Lit Press Heidelberg press move - Mike Kaylor, Ray Nichols, and Emma, one of Mike's students at Washington College, moved a Heidelberg Windmill to make more room in Mike's Lit Press to allow for his desired 12 students per class to work a bit easier. [a few photos]
April
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Casting the type" which was part 3 of a 3-part series in the April issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Ray Nichols had a photograph of Michael Twyman talking with Peter Koch from the National Annual meeting published in the APHA spring newsletter along with several mentions of chapter events that have been going on.
March
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Making the Matrices" which was part 2 of a 3-part series in the April issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Stuart Bradley was included in an article entitled "Teaching Letterpress" in the March issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
Stuart Bradley of Railway Station Press will be teaching a letterpress class at Union Printmakers Atelier, Washington, D.C. [details]
February
Mike Anderson had an article entitled "Designing the typeface" which was part 1 of a 3-part series in the April issue of the Galley Gab. [download]
January
Sara Stone, Jill Cypher and Ray Nichols represented the Chesapeake chapter at the APHA National Annual Meeting in New York City on Saturday, January 27, 2007.
December
Mike Anderson, Chesapeake chapter member, presented an overview of his work involved in the production of a metal type version of B-36, the type used in the 36-line Gutenberg Bible and several S... at the December 9 chapter meeting.
Chris Manson, Chesapeake chapter member, presented an overview of his ongoing typographic experiments with any version of blackletter that he can get his hands on at the December 9 chapter meeting. With his background as a printmaker he mixes his own linoleum cuts with Fractur, Textura, and Bastarda which are painstakingly kerned to bring out the best of the metal type.
Stan Nelson, Chesapeake chapter member, presented an update of his work with... at the December 9 chapter meeting.
Jill Cypher and Ray Nichols and announced that they will be designing a 300-page book on the history of Newark, Delaware which will have a chapter devoted to the Press of Kells, a longtime press during the early and middle 1900s run by C. Everitt Johnson.
A highlight of the book is a 1" high strip of photos of as many as 3,000 'citizens of Newark" that will run across every page in the book.
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