Springtide Press
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Proprietor Jessica Spring is a letterpress printer, daredevil, book artist in Tacoma (where we always print damp). Co-conspirator: Dead Feminists. More at springtidepress.com
Overprinted in 8 Line Gothic (a mix of Hamilton and mystery type) are Piggy’s last words from Lord of the Flies. Posting today on #woodtypewednesday, but thinking about the anniversary of January 6 (and so much more).
#woodtype #rulesnotrulers #letterpress
#woodtype #rulesnotrulers #letterpress
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Overprinted in 8 Line Gothic (a mix of Hamilton and mystery type) are Piggy’s last words from Lord of the Flies. Posting today on #woodtypewednesday, but thinking about the anniversary of January 6 (and so much more).
#woodtype #rulesnotrulers #letterpress
#woodtype #rulesnotrulers #letterpress
Wrapping up 2025 with a combination #iprotest for November and December, an ongoing project to document the wood type at Springtide Press while speaking my piece. In the background, set in 30L French Clarendon (foundry unknown), DJT speaking to Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Lucey.
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Wrapping up 2025 with a combination #iprotest for November and December, an ongoing project to document the wood type at Springtide Press while speaking my piece. In the background, set in 30L French Clarendon (foundry unknown), DJT speaking to Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Lucey.
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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
that light blue is dreamy!
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
that light blue is dreamy!
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
Yeah, you are.
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yeah, you are.
Thankful for these guys.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Thankful for these guys.
Always running my mouth 😜
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Always running my mouth 😜
Neighborhood walk in Ashland, Oregon.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Neighborhood walk in Ashland, Oregon.
Freshly chilled #iprotest from October, featuring Day & Collins 40L French Antique Elongated.
#letterpress #woodtype
#letterpress #woodtype
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Freshly chilled #iprotest from October, featuring Day & Collins 40L French Antique Elongated.
#letterpress #woodtype
#letterpress #woodtype
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
A beauty from Columbia Gorge Book Arts!
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A beauty from Columbia Gorge Book Arts!
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Me in my happy place last year.
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Me in my happy place last year.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Louche Lothario?
or
Power Flower Salesman?
This Biedermeier Beau is taking care of all of these posies for you... With a few emergency blooms in reserve for another customer!
Olin Library at #WashU, glimpsed during the #movablebooksociety conference!
or
Power Flower Salesman?
This Biedermeier Beau is taking care of all of these posies for you... With a few emergency blooms in reserve for another customer!
Olin Library at #WashU, glimpsed during the #movablebooksociety conference!
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Louche Lothario?
or
Power Flower Salesman?
This Biedermeier Beau is taking care of all of these posies for you... With a few emergency blooms in reserve for another customer!
Olin Library at #WashU, glimpsed during the #movablebooksociety conference!
or
Power Flower Salesman?
This Biedermeier Beau is taking care of all of these posies for you... With a few emergency blooms in reserve for another customer!
Olin Library at #WashU, glimpsed during the #movablebooksociety conference!
CASCADIA UNITE!
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
CASCADIA UNITE!
My hope muscles need a workout.
October 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
My hope muscles need a workout.
There was a beautiful moment printing PEACE over waves (made from bamboo by Columbia Gorge Book Arts). Taking a ghost print revealed the waves left on each letter, fragile and echoing.
#iprotest #savegazanow #woodtype #iamhamfam #letterpress
#iprotest #savegazanow #woodtype #iamhamfam #letterpress
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There was a beautiful moment printing PEACE over waves (made from bamboo by Columbia Gorge Book Arts). Taking a ghost print revealed the waves left on each letter, fragile and echoing.
#iprotest #savegazanow #woodtype #iamhamfam #letterpress
#iprotest #savegazanow #woodtype #iamhamfam #letterpress
Since January I’ve been printing a monthly protest poster utilizing and documenting the wood type in my collection. The barrage of news is unrelenting, but for August I wanted to focus on the continuing and horrifying genocide in Gaza.
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Since January I’ve been printing a monthly protest poster utilizing and documenting the wood type in my collection. The barrage of news is unrelenting, but for August I wanted to focus on the continuing and horrifying genocide in Gaza.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We Demand a New Board of Directors at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Key Issues with Board Actions
· Cancellation of Artist Residencies: The Board canceled fully funded residencies, disregarding restricted donor and grant commitments. This breached trust with funders a...
sign.moveon.org
September 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
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Thousands of women are sharing this and saying yes, this was their experience, many of them sharing their own horrific 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s experiences. (And almost everyone sharing it appears to be female.)
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
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September 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Thousands of women are sharing this and saying yes, this was their experience, many of them sharing their own horrific 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s experiences. (And almost everyone sharing it appears to be female.)