We visit historic preservations and schools during their Living History events, and demonstrate an American Colonial-era printing firm, complete with a functional
P R I N T I N G P R E S S.
Your visitors crank the rounce, pull the “devil’s tail,” and make a print that they can take home!
The press, about 1:2 scale, is small enough for us to pack in our car and set up in about an hour. The prints are a mixtures of hand-set lead type and woodcut (never linoleum!), with a theme usually around the American Revolution. We’re also available for talks about the role of journalism in that period, and some of the people who played important parts in it.