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Made (By Hand): Reflections on Running a Press
Sep 04

September 4, 2025

Made (By Hand): Reflections on Running a Press

To celebrate the opening of Made (By Hand) in the Midwest: The Contre Coup Press, 1979-2019, Jessica Peterson, director of the Common Press, will reflect on her experiences running a printshop and a small press prior to working at Penn and speak about her role at the Common Press teaching students about letterpress printing, binding, and papermaking. 

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

two sets of arms over a hand-operated printing press, one set with gloved hands putting ink on a metal cylinder and the other placing a printing plate with an image of a tree without leaves on the flat surface in front of the cylinder