100 Year of Wood Type . . .
100 YEARS OF WOOD TYPE
Saturday, August 14th 10 am to 4 pm
A day-long celebration of Wood Type at the Printing Museum, co-sponsored by the Southern California Chapter of the American Printing History Association. At 12 noon, a showing of the documentary film “Typeface” by Justin Nagan about the Hamilton Wood Type Company, and how wood type continues to inspire artists in a digital age.
At 2 pm, David Shields from Austin, Texas, will give a presentation “ENGAGING ABUNDANCE: The Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection,” one of the premiere collections in the country, now housed at University of Texas at Austin.
Throughout the day, you are invited to print keepsakes using wood type from the Museum’s collections, enjoy the Museum’s tours and exhibit “One Hundred Years of Wood Type”. Reservations recommended: mail@printmuseum.org. Discounted admission of $5 for APHA and Friends of the Printing Museum; general admission otherwise is $8. Click here for flyer.
Mark your calendar for September 25th to experience the Los Angeles Printers Fair at the International Printing Museum. Sponsored by PIASC, this daylong event is a colorful celebration of printing, book arts and paper. Vendors from a wide spectrum of the printing world including papermakers, letterpress printers, printmakers, specialty invitation and card companies, bookbinders and book artists, used printing equipment sales and more will be there! Vendor spaces are still available.