Join The Firecracker Press on Saturday, March 19th from 9:00 am to noon for a demonstration of various printing techniques with Amos Kennedy. Kennedy, letterpress printer and subject of the documentary, “Proceed and be Bold”, traded computers for presses and has never looked back. Come learn, listen and watch as he unleashes his very special brand of printed magic in our shop. Free to the public and open to all!

Read more... | Published: 03/12/11

Make sure to stop by the taco cart in front of Latino Americana next Friday and order a “Printmakers’ Special”! The first 250 people to order get one of the cool zines pictured above, full of interesting facts about Cherokee Street and its residents. The special goes from 5-10pm, so don’t miss your chance to eat these prints!

Read more... | Published: 03/12/11

On Friday, March 18th the Firecracker Press is hosting a reception from 5-10pm for St. Louis Typefoundries, a display of type designed and made in St. Louis. This exhibit is a visual history of type in St. Louis, with example type kindly provided by Carole and Robert Mullen as well as Dick Niehaus of the St. Louis Letterpress Society and supplemented by our own, before being hand set and printed. Some of these typefaces will look familiar, either from their digital form or their use in television and other media. So come get a little learnin’

Read more... | Published: 03/11/11

The SGC International Conference is fast approaching, and with it the debut of the brand spanking new band, Manual Feed, consisting of The Firecracker Press and our friends. While we don’t want to ruin the surprise, we thought we’d give you a little taste of how the rattles and clanks of printing presses can be turned into sweet, sweet music.

Take a listen here.

Don’t miss our performance, Friday, March 18th at 8PM, at the Firecracker Press! Come early, as the first 100 attendees will receive a free book printed at the performance.

Read more... | Published: 03/05/11

Watch out, St. Louis! This March hordes of hungry, inky, chemical-smelling printmakers are descending upon the River City for the 2011 SGC International Conference. The conference is an annual printmaking convention hosted by a different city each year. This year is St. Louis’ chance to shine, and all of its printmakers are working hard to make that happen, including The Firecracker Press.

Here are a few highlights to get you ready. We’ll add more info as we get closer to go time.

Friday, March 18th:

Cherokee Printmakers’ Special
Time: 5-10p
Location: In front

Read more... | Published: 02/24/11