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What would a good student do? Right here. Right now.

February 22, 2019 Ray Nichols

WHEN I WAS TEACHING CREATIVE THINKING and trying to give my students some incentive, I would often raise the question “What would a good student do? Right here. Right now.” to try to multiply a simple opportunity into a small miracle.

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"It's a Small World" : Lead Graffiti’s contributions

January 21, 2019 Ray Nichols

 IT’S A SMALL WORLD is a 5” x 7”, collaborative book that has been produced annually since 1952. Lead Graffiti has produced pages off and on since 2012. Here are 3 of those projects which are tied together by our Intertype C4.

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An Updated History of a “It’s a Small World”

January 18, 2019 Ray Nichols

THIS IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT’S A SMALL WORLD , a collaborative book Lead Graffiti has contributed to.

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Museum of Printing newsletter / December 2018

December 29, 2018 Ray Nichols

Volume 40 / Issue 4 / 2018 newsletter from the MUSEUM OF PRINTING in Haverhill, Massachusetts, included LEAD GRAFFITI in an article entitled On the Road With The Museum of Printing.

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Center for Book Arts / NYC auction fulfillment keepsake

November 25, 2018 Ray Nichols

As an auction prize for the Center for Book Arts, Mark Samuels Lasner offered a visit to his Victorian Collection at the University of Delaware which included dinner and a tour of Lead Graffiti, Lead Graffiti contributed a small book as a keepsake and thank you.

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The "Blue Wave" broadside

November 13, 2018 Ray Nichols

Our reaction via a broadside to the 2018 mid-term election results.

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Lead Graffiti Cinderella stamps

November 3, 2018 Ray Nichols

Anyone interested in helping us solve this problem of how to perforate stamps with ACCURACY? Might take a couple of shots at it, trying it and then readjusting and trying again.

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U.S. Senators mailing list : #14

October 24, 2018 Ray Nichols

No. 14 of our politically -focused letterpress postcards is out. We send these cards in the name of INDIVISIBLE / NEWARK, DE, to all of the U.S. SENATORS and another 60 or so essential people. Yes, I know the Senate isn't in session. The card will be waiting for them when they get back.

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H.N. Werkman / .918 Club / Lancaster, PA

October 20, 2018 Ray Nichols

With this workshop we passed 1,800 participants in workshops and studio tours over the past 10 years, though we didn’t really get very deeply into workshops until several years into our existence.

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Doves Press type : metal & digital

September 8, 2018 Ray Nichols

Possessing a copy of Genesis 1:1 from the Dove's Bible adds an element of obsession on our part to the Doves type that was used to print it. 

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