Letterpress at Fifteen Eleven

Good morning! Another weekend behind me in 2012 and another busy week at work. I hope your weekend was lovely. The weather here in DC was a DELIGHT! On Saturday, I went to Alexandria for my letterpress class at Fifteen Eleven. I must say, I left even more in love with letterpress.The process was amazing to see, not least because the printing presses are so visually striking. Suann was lovely and such a nice teacher, going over not just the basics of the printing press, but also the history and her own story about getting into it. Pearl, the giant printing press above, was cool to see in action.  I was sort of terrified that I would trip and break it, but upon further reflection, 4,000 pounds of cast iron would have done more damage to me most likely! We each printed our own blind impression(?) cards, sans ink, on a smaller tabletop press. I didn't want to fiddle with my digital while trying to focus on the class, so hopefully these instaxes give you a good impression of how pretty the space was.  If you live in the DC area, I fully recommend taking one of their courses.