Saturday, August 20th...
/Letterpress Things will be doing letterpress business at two locations — on the East Coast and the West Coast — at the same time on the same day. It’ll be a first for the Barrett family! The Store - in Chicopee, MA - is typically open every other Saturday during the year [varied by Holidays and personal events]. Throughout the year, you can find us at various letterpress events and Fairs across the country.
In Carson at the Museum we’ll have plates, wood type fonts, icons, kits and supplies. Emphasis will be on “things’ and tools needed by “newbies” who maybe purchasing presses and for others who are equipping new setups.
Occasionally an event will fall on a scheduled Open Date so we juggle things around to support the organization holding the event. This August 20th, the International Printing Museum in Carson, CA is holding their Fifth Annual Wayzgoose Celebration & Surplus Sale. It’s a day filled with special tours, printing and book arts demonstrations, including large wood type posters! The Wayzgoose is also the Printing Museum’s annual sale of surplus printing presses, type, printing cuts and more!
What makes this August 20th unique is there’ll be a “John Barrett” at both locations! In Chicopee, at the Store, “John B” [the ole’ man]; and in Carson, at the Museum, “Johnny B” [the son]. Johnny B grew up in the family letterpress business; many friends of the Store will remember him from retrievals and helping out in the early years. Now living/working in SoCal, many West Coasters will recognize him from recent Printing Fairs, pitching in to help JoAnn and me with the “heavy lifting”. [What good sons are supposed to do!]
come cruise our tables of wood type fonts, icons, plates, kits and a variety of supplies you use and new ones you might need.