I guess I'll keep with a theme and share another Letter Press story, this time about Jerry Richardson in Fargo North Dakota...
Jerry Richardson is a man of letters – many, many letters.
Talk to the 82-year-old and you’ll likely get a carefully considered, concise response delivered in a low, quiet, even tone.
While not known for his prose, he is well respected for his visual presentations of words in print.
In the basement of his Ninth Street home in Fargo, Richardson runs two letterpresses, producing some of the finest textual prints in the region, from individual literary lines to limited edition books and broadsides.
To paraphrase a great orator, Teddy Roosevelt, “Speak softly and carry a big pica pole.”
One of the printing presses in Richardson’s basement weighs about 2,000 pounds. Each piece of paper that is printed on is placed by hand. Dave Wallis / The Forum
Read the entire article here: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/374709/
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