Month: April 2010

A flat-out smashing time

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

Note: this is an excerpt of the Wayzgoose post over on Chandler’s studio blog. You can read the full post about the event here.

Inked up,

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

hand-pulled,

"At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

and voilà! Our second collaborative steamroller print, an “unofficial” Dead Feminist print, inspired by Cora Smith Eaton King, who in 1909 climbed Mt. Rainier with a party of Seattle Mountaineers and placed a “Votes for Women” banner at the summit.

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

This year’s Wayzgoose was the biggest bash yet! We had lots of helping hands—

Jessica Spring at the Tacoma Wayzgoose. Photo by Michael O'Leary.

our beloved ringleader,

Chandler O'Leary at the Tacoma Wayzgoose. Photo by Michael O'Leary.

and of course the steamroller (which I actually got to drive this year!).

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

Many thanks to the enormous crowd who turned up to cheer us on—you’re the reason we do this, and we can’t wait to see you next year!

Start your steamroller engines

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

Jessica and I are carving like mad this week, getting ready for some quality steamroller time.

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

Next Sunday, April 25, is the sixth-annual Wayzgoose at King’s Books, right here in Tacoma. This year promises to be the biggest hullabaloo yet, with letterpress magnetic poetry, B.Y.O. t-shirt printing, papermaking demos, artist tables, and the star of the show: steamroller printing! Last year over 500 people came to check it out, despite a torrential downpour—and this year, the weather just might promise to behave, so we’re bracing for a mob. There’s a reason for the crowds: this is a heckuva lot of fun. Here’s the skinny:

6th Annual Wayzgoose!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Noon to 4 pm
Free!
King’s Books
218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma

Process photo of "At the Summit" steamroller print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring

Eight artists and artist-teams will be printing gigantic three-by-four-foot linocuts in the street, including Jessica and me—we’ll be adding another unofficial Dead Feminist to our roster. (Take a gander at our last steamroller print here.) This is just a sneak peek; stop by next Sunday to see this block in action.

See you there!