day 5: my print blocks

during our 5 month southern summer stint we were able to spend a little time in andalusia.  there is an antique shop that we pass leaving and entering town that i had never been to- until this past summer!  and holy cow did we score.  we found a large, shallow and dirty tray/shelf piece that held a bunch of wooden print letters.  i was in heaven!  as it turns out, the shelf and the letters (three whole sets plus a ton of replacements!) were from a tiny print shop in georgiana, alabama, and the antique store owner purposefully kept the entire set together to sell to someone who valued them.  i was ecstatic to bring these babies home!  now i just have to rig a printing press on my drafting table... and finish cleaning them off.  they were all super dirty and i'm still going over each one with an old toothbrush...