Open Book

For this blog post, I'm going to rely mostly on photos. We spent last Wednesday afternoon at the Open Book, a printmaking and letterpress studio, center for writing and bookmaking, and gallery space for prints and fine arts. It is a beautiful facility; spacious and roomy, the concrete, brick and steel structures fit so perfectly into the downtown urban/industrial look of the neighborhood. The whole space is 'open' which meant that we could tour around every nook and cranny of the 3 floor building. We visited the basement, with dozens of printing presses and letter press machines. We were so impressed with the space and were ogling the woodblocks and letters that were sitting in trays. I couldn't help but take many pictures...