I wouldn’t normally expect a letterpress reference in a Microsoft security bulletin about a piece of Russian malware, but apparently this one has a pattern of using the word “wayzgoose” in one of its filenames?

The exploit makes use of vulnerabilities in the Windows Print Spooler service, so this makes a kind of sense, but I still find it very surprising.

#letterpress #wayzgoose

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/04/22/analyzing-forest-blizzards-custom-post-compromise-tool-for-exploiting-cve-2022-38028-to-obtain-credentials/

I spent a couple days in Chicago this week visiting my friend/mentor Jen at Starshaped Press, and pulled together this print while I was there, of a Howard Zinn quote that’s been kicking around in my head for a while.

Composing a print is such a great way to explore a print shop, you learn so much about a printer’s process in learning how their shop is organized and in the details of what is (and isn’t!) in their collection.

#letterpress #woodtype #metaltype #handsettype

Apparently someone decided that today is National Ampersand Day here in the US, so I put together these cards with a bunch of different ampersands from my wood type collection. &&&&&&

#letterpress #woodtype #ampersand #nationalampersandday

Happy Mayday to all who celebrate!

#Letterpress #SolidarityForever

Got brave this week and worked on my first letterpress book project. Just a little 12 page, single sheet pamphlet book, of a text I wrote back in 2017. I knew then that it needed to be printed in hand-set type, but at the time I wasn’t sure I had the knowledge, skills, or type collection to do what I wanted to do.

5.5 years later I decided it was time to give it a go. Super happy with how it’s turning out. Learning *so much* in the process, and itching to do more.

#letterpress #artistbooks

Set the first tap of the season yesterday, looking forward to a new batch of Black Walnut syrup.

The thing I love about sugaring is that when the sap starts running it’s such a tangible sign that spring is coming—there’s still snow on the ground, and more coming later this week, but the sap is flowing because the trees know that spring is coming, even when it’s hard for us to see.

#BlackWalnutSyrup #Sugaring #SignsOfSpring

Did a print run of white followed by a run of black, and just added black onto the ink disk without cleaning off the white first, and it developed this beautiful pattern as it was inking up. Really it does this all the time, but the contrast really makes it pop.

#letterpress