Joseph Rose

Darwin is 4 years old and has Autism. As far as we can tell, he has very rarely (if ever) engaged in any “pretend play”. No car sounds, no jumping over hot lava, no action figures interacting with one another, etc.

He does show a great fascination with letterpresses and other machines. I have several letterpresses at my house and Darwin watches me print with them quite frequently. I recently saw him pumping the back of his toy airplane the way I engage the lever on my Kelsey Excelsior letterpress. Then, this morning I managed to catch him on video in the midst of a full print run!

I love this kid.

geekpageant:

1970’s Sesame Street about the printing press.

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ilovephiladelphia:

My roommate, Kate, runs a letterpress business with her friend Joseph Rose. They are quite the talented duo. I saw these today and got quite excited. I love all things Ben Franklin and figured the ILovePhiladelphia tumblr readers would as well.

Both Kate & Joseph have major Philadelphia pride (don’t we all). They’ve got a a Phillies coaster set and apparently have a Poe design on the way as well.

Submitted by stopkatie

http://blackheartletterpress.com