WEEK X: FINAL PROJECT March 5, 2024 I found myself in the OSU letterpress studio located on the garden level of Moreland Hall, home to the School of Writing, Literature and Film. Students gain access to the letter press studio by taking a 10 hour weekend workshop with Dr. Karen Holmberg. I was fortunate enough to gain my own access through Ellison Rose, an MFA student who had previously taken the workshop and was now able to freely use the studio to create their own projects. Letterpress is an outdated printing technology and is now used primarily by artists. As an artist themself, Ellison says they are drawn to this printing processes because of it's "tactile nature" They say, "It's like listening to music live -- someone's hands are interacting with a series of strings and a perfectly shaped piece of wood to create the sound that you hear. The letterpress is the same -- I get to use my hands to choose and set these pieces of metal, slather them in ink...
