7th Annual Valentine Broadside Printing Event

This is our 2018 Valentine Broadside with text and image by San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck. 

The text of the poem, set in Koch Antiqua by Li Jiang of Lemoncheese Press, was pre-printed. The day of the event, February 3rd, patrons printed the images themselves. 

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

 Above is Alan with the 1909 Albion handpress, and below, the press in action.

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

 After the broadside was printed, Kim was available to sign them.

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

 And then, she decorated them with tiny touches of glow-in-the-dark ink!

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

  
While people waited to print on the Albion, Maria Ayala was in the Rare Book Room demonstrating calligraphy by writing people's names for them: two are proudly displayed below...

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

...and Gary helped people print tiny things on the little Baltimorean.

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

Everyone enjoyed themselves.

Photo courtesy of Maria Ayala.

Many thanks to APHA NorCal chapter members who supported our group of faithful, local printers who have made this event happen for the past seven years: Maria Ayala, Alan W. Dye, Brian Ferrett, David Hooper, Tim James, Li Jiang, Norman McKnight, Mimi Mueller, Gary Price, Kim Shuck, and Fred & Barbara Voltmer. 

Happy Valentine's Day.