Visitors to the Shop

Over the years, many people have dropped by the print shop to help out, learn to set type, give the handpress a go, or just take a tour. Here’s a rogues’ gallery, featuring some of them. (Note: many of these photos show our first facility on Mullock Street in St. John’s.)

Want to join this motley crew? Drop by! Visitors are always welcome; you can find directions and details here. Interested in workshops, volunteer opportunities or group tours? Contact the press.

Wood-engraver Abigail Rorer finds a new place to dwell.	Printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. leads a workshop on printing posters.
Goat-ologist Brian Gilliam pulls his first proof.	Rodney de Vries, a violin maker and artist, prints letterpress labels for his handcrafted violins.
Crispin Elsted of Barbarian Press sets up the newly-arrived Imperial Iron Handpress.	Summer helper Rosanna Pierson sets type by hand.
Agnes Walsh, Bernice Morgan, her sister Frances, and Mary-Lynn Bernard attend the grand opening of the Tors Cove Printshop.	Agnes Juhasz-Ormsby visits the Mullock Street printshop with her book history class.
Andy Jones brings students from his creative writing class, including poet Michelle Porter, for a class visit.	Master printer Jan Elsted of Barbarian leads a workshop about make-ready, as two Jacks (Eastwood and Botsford) look on.
Members of the Atlantic Craft Alliance visit, and have a bit of a sing along.	Jennifer Morgan works on the illustrations for The Dragon’s Song.
Duncan Major demonstrates the Heidelberg press at the grand opening of the Tors Cove Printshop.	Mary Anne Cree plays printer’s devil.
Don McKay inspects the newly-arrived Imperial Iron Handpress.	Rachel Dragland handles sales during the printshop’s grand opening.
High school student Ellen Power learns to print as part of a work term experience for St. Bonaventure’s school.