A good friend, Casey Smith, was invited to deliver his ideas to the 2018 edition of RipperCon, a biennial conference of all things Jack the Ripper, held in Baltimore, April 7 - 8 and wanted a keepsake to accompany his talk.
Laboratory Press : metal type composition the old-fashioned way
DO YOU TEACH TYPOGRAPHY? Here is a project you should give twice. The first time during the first week of the semester. The second time during the last week.
Proof of our Albion's origin
Over the past couple of years we've put together a lot of circumstantial evidence that our Albion iron hand press was originally purchased to print The Frick Collection Catalog. We've finally gotten our answer.
The actual March for Our Lives
We hit the wall right at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street when the March turned into a singularity, and the space between people disappeared. We were in an excellent position near speakers, a straight on view of a giant screen, and the Capital.
John Bolton : The WH / Lead Graffiti connection
Ralph Begleiter was the director of a University of Delaware speaker series entitled "Global Agenda" that invited speakers to talk about a political theme. In 2005 it was called "Rx for the President." The final speaker that year was John Bolton. We don't remember the reason, but Bolton canceled. We suspect the controversy around his hiring was probably an element.
March for Our Lives / 03.24.18
We cannot imagine the additional pressure that the rash of school shootings is having on this generation. We want to show our support for sane gun laws.
A Brief History of Time
Ray has long been mesmerized by the idea of there being a Stephen Hawking, much less that there was a real Stephen Hawking. Many other things that just wander out of the darkness of his shelves of experiences and Stephen Hawking is one of them.
Manhattan Book Fair
THERE WAS A STRANGE ENERGY at the Manhattan Book Fair on Saturday, March 10, and it happened right out of the gate.
Newark Post 10th anniversary front page
The Newark Post, the local Newark, Delaware, newspaper got wind of our 10th anniversary celebration and sent a writer / photographer to join us.
Upper Chesapeake Book Arts Group
RD Burton walked a group of members of the Upper Chesapeake Book Arts Group through the process of producing a non-adhesive accordion-fold book at Lead Graffiti.
In love with Doves
We are starting to think about a new section in our website which highlights some things in our collection.
The Book Club of California Review of "Moments Carved in Paper no. 4 : Endurance Letterpress"
Gerald Cloud wrote a complimentary review of Lead Graffiti's, Moments Carved in Paper no. 4 : Endurance Letterpress.
Two things you don't know about Jill
Even if you know us pretty well there are a couple of things about Jill that you might not know.
You're invited to the party!
Join the Lead Graffiti letterpress studio for some fun as we celebrate 10 years of printing slowly & patiently via letterpress. Saturday, February 17, from 2 to 6 pm. 120 A Sandy Drive, Newark, Delaware
Women's March / Philadelphia
Jill and I joined in the Women's Marchwith several hundred thousand marchers in 2017 in Washington, DC. This year we joined with Indivisible local members in the protests in Philadelphia.
College Book Arts Association exhibition
In January 2018, the College Book Arts Association held their annual conference in Philadelphia. One of the events was an exhibition with some interesting requirements.
CBAA splinter group workshop
Three staff from the library at the University of Colorado / Boulder were headed to the College Book Arts Association Conference in Philadelphia. They emailed to ask if they could jump over a day early and do a Lead Graffiti workshop. We looked up their library's holding and saw out they had a deluxe clamshell copy of our Boxcar Poems 1 - 12, a meander book, we did a couple of years ago.
Workshop start to 2018
When Ray was teaching University-level design courses in creative thinking, he loved utilizing a textbook entitled The Universal Traveler. It broke creative problem-solving and creative thinking into 7 energy states. We decided to turn part of that into a workshop that turned out to be fun.
How ink explains whatever
Maybe we can't get Stephen Hawking, but we should be able to get someone who at least has won the Nobel Prize.
Fewer dingbats holiday card / 2017
Our good friend, Christine, came to the studio to do her holiday card. We loved it so much we asked if we could use it as the basis for our Lead Graffiti card.