Lead Graffiti had its first opportunity to sponsor a workshop on Wednesday, March 5 when sixteen Delaware College of Art & Design students with professor John Breakey visited us in our new 120 Sandy Drive studio space.

Prior to the visit Jill and Ray produced fifty sheets using the handrolled type “DCAD” and “TYPE” which was used as the background for the 13″ x 20″ poster.

John had chosen two quotes for the students to handset using metal type. We chose Melior from the Stempel Foundry in Germany, ranging from 18 point to 60 point. Each student chose a line to set. Once we had all of the type for each poster we demonstrated the makeready and locking in the type and then let each student pull three copies to get the feel of the Vandercook SP-15 we used for the printing.

The following day Jill and Ray set the explanatory text at the bottom listing all of the participants and some details about the project which was printed as a third run to complete the poster.

The quotes:

“Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve tpograhy from this duty. A printed work that cannot be read becomes a product without purpose.” — Emil Ruder

“Because a private press is a personal and individual thing, the tradition is strong that each press should have its own special name, and that a name belongs to whom ever uses it first.” — www.briarpress.org

Once they had ample opportunity to dry, the posters, were delivered to DCAD and the students could choose their copy.

Overall, a great day. We hope the students enjoyed themselves.

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