This broadside was conceived in response to several requests from people or organizations connected to letterpress to print a “NO WAR” poster. We wanted to contribute an extra effort in support of Ukraine and at the same time add something new in our push toward experimental letterpress.

The poster is printed ENTIRELY from hand-set & hand-inked metal type.

The heading and credit line hand-rolled in warm red and grey make up run #1. Run #2 was the first three lines of the main text printed in black. Lines 1 & 3 were then set aside. Line 2 was used as is for line 4 and reprinted WITHOUT reinking, so the visual tone is a dark grey.

Each line of the text contains 4 sentences (No more war. No more Putin. No more war. No more Putin.)

Then for lines 5 - 18 the 4th of the 4 sentences in the line is removed each time and moved to become the first sentence of the next line and reprinted each time without reinking. This step was repeated an additional 12 times until the type ran off the bottom of the broadside.

While printing each new line there are about 15 steps that must be performed exactly to maintain the design. Doing any of them wrong blows the whole print. We blew the first 2 prints we tried. We got the next 5 right. Now to do 20 more.

It took roughly 45 minutes to print each poster. Honestly we wasted 50% of the prints by making an uncorrectable mistake.

The poster is for sale for $60, 100% of which will go to Ukraine Relief. Handling and mailing to you is free. Please help us support the best cause on the planet right now, except perhaps the defeat of Republicans in the upcoming elections.

size : 14.25" x 22.5"
type : 72 pt Empire (title & main text), 12 pt Blair (credit line)
stock : Somerset Textured White 300 gsm
runs : 17
edition : approximately 25

All prints are signed and numbered.