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Everyone is invited on Sat. Dec. 19th for our ever popular Dickens' Holiday Celebration event. Two Readings of the Christmas Carol at 11am and 1pm. Admission is $9 per person, or $30 for a family of 4. Don't forget to make your reservations!
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Holidays at the Museum A full roster of classes are planned for November, December and January! Click here for full class descriptions.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming events and special holiday classes:
Linocut Holiday Cards with Sandy Cvar Saturday, Nov. 14, 9:30am-4pm - $95
Holiday Letterpress Card-printing Slam with Madeleine Zygarewicz Saturday, Nov. 21, 9:30am-4pm - $75
December 5-6: Bookbinding weekend with Lucia Farias Villarreal
Dec. 5, 9:30am-4pm: Secret Belgian Binding -$95
Dec. 5, 5-8pm: Coptic Christmas -$45
Dec. 6, 9:30am-4pm: Perfect Binding with Hard Cover/Traditional Signature Book with Hard Case -$95
Class fee includes all materials. Registration Form here. Email bookarts@printmuseum.org to reserve your spot!
Dec. 19: Dickens' Holiday Celebration 11am and 1pm Readings of "The Christmas Carol." Reservations recommended. Call 310-515-7166 to RSVP. Download the _____________________________________________________
Jokki Peyer - Franklin's Fashion Consultant There is a combination of spitfire and whirlwind that travels in and around the museum that the general public may not be aware of....her name is Jokki Peyer. Jocquilyn so named by her mother (who incidentally came from a millionaire's household to give it all up and marry a "home-spun cowboy"- that's another story in itself!) was eventually nicknamed "Jokki" by her sisters and it stuck. Ms. Peyer is our resident volunteer cosumer and is responsible for keeping Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens and Herr Gutenberg in fine trim and fettle.
"Of course I don't believe I've ever had my fettle trimmed," confided Phil Soinski (our resident Franklin), "but if I did...I would call upon Jokki!" Ms. Peyer has been an active supporter of our museum for over ten years since our arrival here in Carson. She has been repairing and customizing our various costume needs with a primary focus on our 300+ years founding father and recently recreated his famous "Quaker Brown" outfit that he wore to the Court of Louis the XVI. This costume can be seen whenever we do the "Adult" version of The Inventive Dr. Franklin (See Tours in Education section of website). "She's a wonderful seamstress and very imaginative," said Soinski, "she created the many Jabots (18th century neck pieces) and Anne Boelynns (the mock ruffled sleeves)." When you catch our upcoming Christmas Carol this December 19th, check-out the hats and bonnets that Jokki made for some of our audience members to wear in this interactive romp with Charles Dickens.
She has long been connected with the Theater and costuming as far back as her early days in a suspicious-sounding berg called "Crookston," Minnesota. Sewing was encouraged by her mother to Jokki and her sisters. She utilized her skill in this art as well as her theatrical bent for musical comedy at McAllister College in St. Paul where she eventually wed her college sweetheart Don Peyer (an excellent writer by the way) in 1945. Jokki would soon hang-up her dancing shoes while raising five kids when the Peyers moved to Carson, CA. "No special menus" is her word to the wise for child-rearing. She would later retrieve those shoes while taking classes from professional dancer/actress Linda Jacobsen and become one of the founders of a touring group of entertainers called "The Revelers" that perform for Senior groups and anyone that wants to have a fun time throughout the South Bay area. And they do it for free! This dynamic lady has an energy level that would make the nuclear reactor in San Onofre seem pathetic. Her words of wisdom to parents or any of us really is worthy of her admirer Benjamin Franklin: "When you raise your children, yes means yes, no means no, come means come and go means go! And when you meet up with a wonder like Jokki you know she's always doing the latter. Our many thanks to our own whirlwind Jokki Peyer!
Woodtype of the Month
The wood type for October is called Hobo. It was designed in 1910 as a metal typeface by a prolific typeface designer named Morris Fuller Benton, who designed over fifty typefaces during his career. The Hobo typeface was later manufactured in wood type by the Hamilton Company. Hobo has two interesting features. First, all the letters are all composed of curved lines thus eliminating all of those pesky rigid straight lines. Secondly, none of the letters use descenders. Letters that normally have a descender are resized and moved up to fit the allotted space for a letter with no descender. These features give Hobo a casual look that suggests informal applications such as invitations and advertising for fun events. Our sample "HOBO type" is an 8-line version that shows both upper and lower case to illustrate the design features. In preparation for the 100-year anniversary of Hobo next year, there are a few websites that are soliciting Hobo sightings (photos showing use of Hobo typeface). Check it out on Google.
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