Just returned from the 8th Annual "It Came From The Bayou" Printmaking Showcase, hosted by Burning Bones Press and Saint Arnold Brewery in Houston, TX. Printmakers from all over the country are invited by Burning Bones head honcho, Carlos Hernandez, to participate, and this year, we happily accepted the invitation. It's a great event designed to promote the art of printmaking and printers (aka, 'ink slingers'), all the while drinking amazing craft beer from one of Houston's b

After a wonderful recent visit to Hatch Show Print in Nashville a few weeks back, my love for and interest in letterpress printing has been further ignited with a fury. If you aren't familiar with Hatch Show Print, they are the country's oldest working letterpress printing company, celebrating 140 years this month. They are an integral part of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and they still use all of their great, antique printing blocks and wood/metal type they have in their