guy friday: typewriter show and tell with Smokeproof Press
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Brad's collection of typewriters are housed in their cases on a shelving system he devised.
During my last few hours in Boulder, I was happily surprised with an invitation to visit Brad O'Sullivan's letterpress studio. (We featured Smokeproof Press back in issue #8's Letterpress Sampler. Copies are still available for sale in our shop.)
Thank you to Allison of Bird Dog Press for making this happen and for my Crafting Content partner-in-crime Heide Murray of All Good Wishes who also drove me to the airport after our visit. (Check out Heide's amazing felt creatures.)
Brad shows us one of his many machines.
A gorgeous "Floating Shift" key.
Allison and Heide admire the details.
An Italian Olivetti art deco-era in mint condition.
An Hermes Rocket in hot orange.
A later model Hermes Rocket is workhorse grey.
For me, the ephemera of typewriters are part of the appeal.
An Odell Typewriter wooden box.
Thanks, Brad, for climbing up and retrieving one amazing machine after another.
A cursive model.
Brad saves ink samples in old film cannisters, with typewritten labels of course.
In addition to the typewriter collection, there were plenty of things to keep an eye happy at Smokeproof Press.
Note the collection of UPPERCASE magazines on the upper shelves!
Thanks again, Brad, Allison and Heide for your hospitality.
