Til we meet again St. Louis. What a fabulous time with old and new #letterpress friends. #apawayzgoose2016

A photo posted by Danielle Chargo (@ironleafpress) on Jun 26, 2016 at 9:22pm PDT

For those following my Instagram account, you may have seen that I packed my pica pole and headed south to St. Louis for the Amalgamated Printer’s Association’s Wayzgoose back in June. The Firecracker Press and Central Print were great hosts and I had a blast catching up with old and new printer friends.

Learning about die cutting today. #letterpress #apawayzgoose2016 #stlprintweek

A photo posted by Danielle Chargo (@ironleafpress) on Jun 23, 2016 at 12:22pm PDT

I took a workshop on specialty techniques including embossing, foil stamping, and die-cutting. I already do a bit of embossing and foil stamping at the studio, but die-cutting was a fun new technique I’m hoping to include in the near future.

There were lectures from Esther K. Smith from Purgatory Pie Press and sneak peeks at Pressing On: the Letterpress Film.

We also were able to tour Central Print and Firecracker Press (one of their locations pictured above), along with a few shops around St. Louis including this beauty at Red Roses Press (pictured below).

And the star of the Red Roses Press: the Golding Rotary Press. #letterpress #apawayzgoose2016

A photo posted by Danielle Chargo (@ironleafpress) on Jun 24, 2016 at 4:12pm PDT

We also stopped at the City Museum for a bit of fun and to check out their wall of old letterpress advertising cuts.

Overall it was a fantastic time in St. Louis and I’m already hoping to head to the next APA Wayzgoose next year.