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mrkoppa · 18 days

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mrkoppa · 19 days

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11 April 2024 | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Brownsville, MN

Love this style of lettering with the very precisely drawn/carved lines in polished Wausau Red granite. Reminds me of the Sime monument across the Mississippi and one hundred miles away near Merrimac, Wisconsin (Sauk County). Not sure how all this happened 120 years ago but it always feels good to wonder about it.

#Viroquastonelettering #cemeteries #grave stone #granite #wausau #stone carving #red

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mrkoppa · 28 days

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Happy National Walking Day!

Pedestrianism, a form of competitive walking, became popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Britain and Ireland, and spread in the United States.

Racers walked for hundreds of miles around a track in six-day races and the one who walked the furthest distance was the winner. In the United States, watching people walk was the most popular spectator sport in the late 1880s.

Edward Payson Weston (1839–1929) was an American pedestrian. He became famous when he walked 478 miles from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. in 10 days and 10 hours, from February 22 to March 4 in 1861. During the walk, he faced snow, rain, and mud, fell several times, and ate while walking.

This portrait is entitled, “Edward Payson Weston Walking from Portland to Chicago.” It must be from 1867 when he covered over 1,200 miles in 26 days. He won a prize of $10,000, but also received several death threats from gamblers who bet against him. He lived to be 90 years old.

We have many other portraits of pedestrians like Weston in our collection of Portraits of boxers and other athletes!

Edward Payson Weston walking from Portland to Chicago Kellog & Bulkeley, printer. 43cmx33cm Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections VSCO230.00310 VSCO230 HOLLIS number: olvwork734269

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mrkoppa · 30 days

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1 April 2924, 16:00 | Der Klubhaus

It has been a long stretch of mild anxiety waiting to see the finished printed pages for Hail, Holy Queen, hand set in 6 pt. Century School Book, and they are looking more beautiful to the eye than expected. Or as beautiful. I don’t remember how high I set my expectations, but nevertheless they have been met.

#hhq #rosary #letterpress #creative process #artists book #metal type

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mrkoppa · 1 month

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31 March 2024, 21:45 | Basement Collage Lab

The tedium of itsy bitsy grommets and jump rings to build the prototype for Hail, Holy Queen.

#hhq #collagebook #handmade collage #collage #artists books #creative process #art #kunst #Poehlmann #joannapoehlmann #rosary #Mary #Jesus #mother #earth #mother earth #basement lab

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mrkoppa · 1 month

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For Dust I Am, by Beatrix Wren 40% pre-publication discount through 31 March 2024. All profits go to the poet's college fund. Thank you.

Reserve a copy.

#typesetting #metal type #letterpress #heavydutypress #derklubhaus #fordustiam #dust #beatrix #wren #marbled paper #genesis #poetry #poem

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mrkoppa · 2 months

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14 March 2024 | Der Klubhaus

Finished building the 44 covers for For Dust I Am today. Pretty little book.

#heavydutypress #derklubhaus #Klubhaus #bookbinding #artists books #art #kunst #poetry #dust #Genesis #beatrixwren #fine press

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mrkoppa · 2 months

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This year I decided it was time to put a little effort into sharing updates regarding current creative projects in long form within a monthly newsletter (for people who like to read). This is an invitation to any interested persons to subscribe to the mailing list. I’m anticipating that I’m going to find out this was another waste of precious time, but if I don’t do it I also don’t create the potential to be grateful that the time I put into creating this post generated one more subscriber.

#moon #new moon #newmoonmonitor #heavydutypress #journal #newsletter #mailing list

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mrkoppa · 2 months

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