Participant Info

First Name

Richard

Last Name

Goodwin

Press Name

Kay Printing

City

Hanson

State

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Email

kayprint1 AT comcast.net

Website or Blogsite

Year You Started with Letterpress

1961

How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing

<p style="text-align: justify;">My grandfather bought me a 3x5 kelsey for my 13th birthday and i was hooked</p>

Presses & Equipment

<p style="text-align: justify;">3x5 kelsey, 5x8 kelsey with a kelsey foiling unit, several other table top presses, a poco proof press, a 8x12 and a 10x15 c&amp;p, 12x1 golding, 2 windmills one with a foiling unit, a 12x18 kluge, an Intertype, 2 ludlows with 18 cabinets of mats and over 100 fonts on galleys, 4 small table top foiling presses, 4 rubber stamp presses, about 50 fonts of hand type.</p>

Education & Training

<p style="text-align: justify;">graduated from Weymouth Vocational High School Printing Course in 1966. Trained as a Linotype operator, ran linos for 9 years then set hand type for a company for about 6 years then went full time on my own doing trade letterpress work for other printers. Now i try to find homes for letterpress equipment in my area to keep them from the scrap man.</p>

Work History

Other Interests & Hobbies

Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any

Birth Year

1948

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