Day Moon Press at Wessel & Lieberman (Seattle)

25 Years of the Day Moon Press
September 7 – October 28, 2006

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers is pleased to announce an exhibit featuring a retrospective look at the work of the Day Moon Press, one of Seattle’s longest operating letterpress enterprises.

Day Moon Press was established in 1977 by Maura Shapley and Jack leNoir. Day Moon Press has provided offset and letterpress printing services to designers, artists, book arts groups, business people and community organizations for nearly thirty years. The press has had three homes over the years (the first of which was in an old building of Frank McCaffrey’s and his Dogwood Press) and now resides atop the center of Beacon Hill.

For many years, offset printing sustained the shop when few paying clients had any use for traditional letterpress work, but letterpress maintained itself as a vital, if small, aspect of the business. By 2000, with their offset press work diminishing, and as many firms increasingly utilized digital printing, Shapley turned back to letterpress. A new generation of designers had begun to embrace the look & feel of letterpress printed work, and Day Moon’s job work in this traditional format increased significantly.

The show is, in many ways, a graphical journey through the last 25 years of Seattle culture - postcards, invitations, CD covers, limited edition books, and posters were among the varied work that the press successfully produced to a welcome audience. The result has been a boon to the press, its customers, and, of course, the public.

An illustrated catalogue of the exhibit and a limited edition broadside are available for sale. For more information, visit the exhibit at Day Moon Press Exhibit.

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers is located in the historic Pioneer Square district of Seattle, on First Avenue South between Main and Washington streets. Shop hours are Monday thru Saturday, 11-6. Our website is at www.wlbooks.com.

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers
208 First Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98104
206.682.3545
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www.wlbooks.com
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