Nashville, Tennesse That is Johnny Cash, taken from a classic poster by Hatch.

So, this is where I will be working for two months, starting February 16, 2009. Basically, Hatch Show Print is a letterpress print shop that opened in 1879 in downtown Nashville. It continues to operate, making posters and doing design work for a huge host of music and country culture clients, using type and woodblocks carved over the past centuries and printing on ancient presses. It is a dirty job, but these folks are the best. Their style is all their own.

I will be doing the dirty work, of course, but I will also designing and printing. I will be handling those classic woodblock images, printing restrikes of classic posters. Like this one. I do not really know what to expect though. More details to come.

For now, check out their website at http://countrymusichalloffame.com/site/experience-hatch.aspx

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