It takes an extraordinary amount of effort to relocate and refurbish a two-thousand pound antique letterpress, let alone publish on one. For Dan Mayer, it’s all part of the story.
Watching Angie Dell work a letterpress is like watching someone ride a bike. That makes sense for Angie, who says writing should engage all of our senses.
Way up in the hills of Prescott, a small cadre of diehards is keeping analog type alive. In a culture that worships efficiency, Sky Shipley is a proud member of the resistance.
Tamara Rowland never thought she’d end up making pens. But like a few other things in her life, the truth was inside her all along.
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About KJZZ's The Analogs
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Sam Dingman is fascinated by people who make things by hand. Not just what they make, but why. What can this work tell us about the people who do it? The Analogs from KJZZ's The Show is a collection…
of character profiles of artists that tries to answer those questions. You’ll hear stories about letterpress, typewriters and fountain pens. But also: the relationship between creation and death, faith and science, and reconciling our inner lives with our outer ones.