Saw this printing business’s sign over the weekend. The same initials as one of my old printmaking instructors and now best friends, Calvin R. Custen. People pop into your life sometimes in the coolest ways.

Nicholas Kennedy @ Trip Print Press.

Note the Al Capone like pinky ring, it must be worn at all times during printing session.

A very strong etch.

When the weather is changing from summer to autumn,
i still remember Baltimore, the lithography class, gum arabic, ink smells and many more.
Grinding magic stone was one of the most beautiful memories during my twenties.

-Former Korean exchange student

David Shafer, etching. Every American race track superimposed on top of one another.

Note the Godfather like pinky ring. “Fredo, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a printer, you’re not a artist. I don’t want to know you or what you do. I don’t want to see you at the print shop, I don’t want you near my press. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I won’t be there. You understand?”