Participant Info
- First Name
- Gary
- Last Name
- Johanson
- Press Name
- G. Johanson, Letterpress
- City
- Deltona / Orange City
- State
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- wd4nka AT aim.com
- Website or Blogsite
- www.gjohanson.com
- Year You Started with Letterpress
- 1969
- How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing
Originally through Print "Shop" classes at Conestoga High School, Berwyn PA. Later, through hobby printing with Kelsey presses which expanded into a money making venture, and eventually lead to press "restoration" at local museums. Eventually, I set up my own Letterpress Shop at home.
- Presses & Equipment
C&P New Series 8x12, C&P New Series 10x15, Show Card proofer, Challenge paper cutter, Mac and PC based design station and standard drafting board & Equipment, plus approx. 20 drawers of foundry type.
- Education & Training
High School trained by a Trade Industry teacher, worked in a commercial shop up until the Oil Embargo shut down the printing industry in Orlando, where I had to change careers.
- Work History
Worked at Robinson Press, Orlando, and BKM Press, where I was in charge of all Letterpress operations, along with offset pre press, photography and plating.
- Other Interests & Hobbies
I am a musician, a Radio Amateur (WD4NKA), a Historian, and a free lance writer for the electronics hobby industry.
- Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
- Birth Year
- 1955
- Your Photo or Press Photo
