Blog Post

May 17, 2023

Bringing People's "Favorite Things" to Life with Letterpress

The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum had a busy team in a booth at a recent session of the Manitowoc Farmers' Market. We used a tiny press to produce "make-and-take" prints for Farmers' Market shoppers. Visitors to the Hamilton booth were able to choose from posters pre-printed in a rainbow of colors.Each person told us what their "favorite thing" was. ... Read More »

Long & Lean: Unique Wood Type Arrow From a Vintage Pattern

Master Typecutter Georgie Liesch recently embarked on an adventure to cut an arrow we had never cut before at the Museum. The pattern was uncovered as some of our larger patterns were being documented. Unlike some other arrows and wood type ornaments, it did not appear to be part of a larger set of patterns. This pattern is an older... Read More »

Meet some tiny wood type!

Wood type is known for its ability to maintain a consistent inking surface even at large sizes. While metal type is traditionally used for smaller-sized printing, wood type can get tiny, too! Master Typecutter George Liesch recently cut a 3L set of Gothic type for the fun and challenge of 'going small'. Hamilton is able to cut type as tiny... Read More »

Letterpress + Hand-written participation = 'You Are Here' exhibit

This is one of two articles about this exhibit. Read the other one here. The 'You Are Here' exhibit at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum incorporates letterpress-printed responses with hand-written responses into one installation by Jennifer Farrell of Starshaped Press, Hamilton’s Visiting Artist 2019–2022. Printers were invited to add their voices to the installation by completing one of several prompts provided... Read More »

Clyde Beatty and Cole Circus Posters at Hamilton

The Globe Printing company was one of the leading producers of posters for advertising popular, pre-television-era attractions such as circuses, stock car racing, and rodeos. Baltimore Globe was the first of four branches in the Globe Printing Company. The Globe Collection at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum gives us an uncensored glimpse of history uniquely expressed through popular... Read More »

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