SJ Printers Guild

This Saturday was supposed to be the 7th annual Bay Area Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose, now cancelled. So we look back to 2019 and this jumbo poster, 18" x 26", which visitors printed from wood type on our Hacker Test Press.#WeAreAllinItTogether #letterpress #woodtype

We regret to announce that we are canceling the 2020 Bay Area Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose that had been scheduled for April 18, 2020. This is in light of CDC guidance that events for 50 or more people should be canceled for the next eight weeks due to health threats related to COVID-19. We are disappointed to cancel this event and feel like it is a big loss for our visitors, exhibitors, and for the San Jose Printers' Guild. But it is most important at this time to prioritize t...he health and well being of everyone. In the absence of an in-person event this year, we are planning to promote our exhibitors online through our website, email, Facebook, and Instagram. It seems important to spotlight the varied art, craft, services, and supplies offered by our exhibitors in this time when we can't gather in person. Over the next few weeks we will send out a series of messages and posts to highlight different exhibitors in turn. Wishing all the best to everyone, The San Jose Printers' Guild

On International Women's Day, we celebrate Jane Grabhorn, the Bay Area's own icon of women in print. #internationalwomensday2020 #letterpress http://www.alphabettes.org/the-feminist-possibilities-of-p/

Exhibitor registration is open for the Exhibitor registration is now open for the SF Bay Area Printer’s Fair & Wayzgoose, at History Park in San Jose on Saturday April 18, 2020 from 10am to 3pm. Calling all letterpress artisans, book arts enthusiasts, typecasters, papermakers, and suppliers! Are you a printer? A crafter? A designer? A tinkerer? A collector? An artist? Register to exhibit by Feb. 29, 2020 to save $5 for early-bird rates. Click here to join in this event:... https://printersfair2020.eventbrite.com?discount=earlybird The 2019 event was our largest ever with 45 exhibitors and demos. In 2020 the seventh annual Printers' Fair & Wayzgoose promises to be even better with your participation!

Our friend Amos Kennedy, whose film and amazing posters were featured at our Wayzgoose in 2019, needs our help to restore his "Pile of Bricks" in Detroit into "The Printery." Check out the video here, and head over to Indiegogo to help out while rewarding yourself with some of his freshest printed goods: https://www.indiegogo.com/pro/restoring-the-pile-of-bricks

2020 Letterpress Calendar, Last Chance! Support our printing history friends at APHA NorCal * This beautiful calendar features pages printed by a dozen different letterpress artisans in Northern California, to support the American Printing History Association NorCal chapter. Only 120 copies were printed. Calendars measure 7" x 11", and are all letterpress printed on a variety of unique paper stocks, from metal type, handcut images, and other plates. A lovely calendar, and a collector's item! Only a couple remain available. Go to: https://sjprintersguild.square.site//2020-letterpress-c/2

Drop in to print letterpress wrapping paper, Dec. 15, 12:30 - 3:30 pm! Come to the print shop at History San Jose on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 12:30 to 3:30 pm and you can print your own wrapping paper! We will have wood type and vintage engravings arranged for printing. You can ink it up and print your own sheets, approximately 12" x 18". A donation of $1 per sheet is requested. RSVP below to ensure your time, or just drop by. All ages are welcome!

Checking the clearance and moving the Linotype out of its old home with "Peck the Printer", aka Willys Peck's Printing Museum in Saratoga, CA. He was a long-time member of the Printers' Guild, and even longer a printer, lawyer, journalist, and copy editor at the San Jose Mercury News and earlier papers. Jim Gard, Eric Butler, and Kim Hamilton pose at the end with the Linotype successfully moved through the garden and into a trailer en route to its new home! #letterpress #linotype

Printers' Guild chair Jim Gard propels the Linotype Model 5 out of its old home in the Peck Printing Museum and Saratoga, through the garden that grew up around it, and into a trailer en route to its new home. Eric, Kim, and Patty assist. We moved the Linotype 80 feet in about 8 hours, or 10 feet per hour!

See you tomorrow at History Park under the light tower! The Printers’ Fair starts at 10am