Category Archives: Roadworks

Roadworks 2011: A Day in Pictures

By Rocket Caleshu | Published: October 5, 2011

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog front, but only because they have been so busy here at SFCB! Now that autumn is in full swing, we’ll have more time to sit down at our computers and document all the fun stuff that’s been going on. Let’s start things off with a pictorial [...]

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Rocket Caleshu
Rocket Caleshu
Rocket Caleshu is the Marketing and Communications Coordinator here at SFCB, and a freelance letterpress printer.

Roadworks 2011: Interview with Nora Aoyagi

By Allie Washkin | Published: September 12, 2011

Here are a few words from Nora Aoyagi, a Roadworks 2011 featured artist… “I originally got interested in printmaking in college, mainly working with woodcuts. I had always been really interested in art making, but printmaking was something new for me altogether. I really loved that it combined repetitive tasks, the capacity to make multiples of a favorite image, [...]

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Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin, SFCB's newest marketing intern, is earning a BA in Creative Writing at SFSU. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she has cultivated a love and devotion to coffee, airports, adventures, and the written word. She often walks, for hours on end, with nothing but ideas... Keep moving forward, and there will be light. Better said by Frank O'Hara: "You are gorgeous and I'm coming."

Roadworks 2011: Interview with Anagram Press & Springtide Press

By Allie Washkin | Published: August 15, 2011

Check out our interview with the excellent tag team at Anagram Press and Springtide Press, Jessica Spring and Chandler O’Leary. Thanks Jessica and Chandler for chatting! And we can’t wait to see your newest Dead Feminist piece revealed at Roadworks! 1. How did you get into letterpress/printmaking? Jessica: I worked as a typesetter at Macalester [...]

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Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin, SFCB's newest marketing intern, is earning a BA in Creative Writing at SFSU. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she has cultivated a love and devotion to coffee, airports, adventures, and the written word. She often walks, for hours on end, with nothing but ideas... Keep moving forward, and there will be light. Better said by Frank O'Hara: "You are gorgeous and I'm coming."

Rik Olson, featured at Roadworks: A Steamroller Printing Festival 2011

By Allie Washkin | Published: July 18, 2011

SFCB is pleased to welcome back Rik Olson, illustrator and wood-engraving wizard, to his (and our) 8th Roadworks: A Steamroller Printing Festival. Born in Antioch, Rik Olson received his BFA from the California College of the Arts. Having learned from masters Barry Moser, John DePol, Richard McLean, and Ralph Borge, Olson’s finely crafted skill is [...]

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Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin, SFCB's newest marketing intern, is earning a BA in Creative Writing at SFSU. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she has cultivated a love and devotion to coffee, airports, adventures, and the written word. She often walks, for hours on end, with nothing but ideas... Keep moving forward, and there will be light. Better said by Frank O'Hara: "You are gorgeous and I'm coming."

Anagram Press, featured at Roadworks: A Steamroller Printing Festival 2011

By Allie Washkin | Published: July 14, 2011

Anagram (n.): a word, phrase or name formed by rearranging the letters of another So it turns out that neither the letters of Chandler O’Leary nor Jessica Springs’ names can be rearranged to spell out Anagram Press, the name of their printing press. However, were it possible, it would be entirely fitting, as they are [...]

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Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin
Allie Washkin, SFCB's newest marketing intern, is earning a BA in Creative Writing at SFSU. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she has cultivated a love and devotion to coffee, airports, adventures, and the written word. She often walks, for hours on end, with nothing but ideas... Keep moving forward, and there will be light. Better said by Frank O'Hara: "You are gorgeous and I'm coming."